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Broad Ripple House Tour
October 11, 2021
2021 Broad Ripple Home Tour Joy’s House was recently featured in the 2021 Broad Ripple Home Tour. Over the weekend – September 18-19th – 160 visitors from our local community came out to tour our beautiful house. We had a wonderful time sharing about our house, its history, and the mission we live out here...
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A Note from Tina
June 22, 2020
A note from Tina McIntosh, Founder & President of Joy’s House. Published June 22, 2020. It feels great to be able to say…So much is happening at Joy’s House right now! It’s almost as if we’re throwing our shoulders back, lifting our heads and shouting, “Let’s do this!” We’ve been working hard during this pandemic...
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A Volunteer’s Viewpoint
May 20, 2020
This feedback comes from a Joy’s House volunteer, Paul. Serving our Joy’s House community is made possible through the work and the compassion of our volunteers. While our on-site volunteer program is temporarily suspended in light of the Coronavirus, you can still get involved by becoming a Volunteer Advocate in support of Family Caregivers through...
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Introducing The Hau’oli Project!
April 20, 2020
For caregivers:Are you a caregiver who is feeling overwhelmed?  Do you know anyone (family/friend/co-worker) who is caring for a loved one during this time of isolation and social distancing? Could they use extra support? Joy’s House can help. Joy’s House presents a solution: Joy’s House has created The Hau’oli (pronounced how’ooh-lee) Project,a movement to share...
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A Note from Tina
March 31, 2020
Well…here we are. Like most of you, we are sheltering in the comfort of our own homes for the next few weeks. The Indiana Division of Aging announced a mandate for all adult day centers to be closed through the month of April, which is in line with our local and federal government recommendations. We...
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What is an Area Agency on Aging?
March 10, 2020
On our most recent episode of Caregiver Crossing the Podcast, we sat down with Mindi Winnie, Community Programs Coordinator for CICOA, Indiana’s largest Area Agency on Aging (AAA), covering Marion County and the seven surrounding “donut” counties. We talk about what exactly IS an Area Agency on Aging, how they serve our community of aging...
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Music, Hearing and Dementia
February 11, 2020
This is a guest blog post, written by Tonya Bergeson, Tara Lineweaver, Music First! Lab Members. Listen to their recent appearance on Caregiver Crossing, the Podcast, by clicking here. There is a scene in the 2014 movie “Still Alice” in which the main character, Columbia University professor Alice Howland, sits in a classroom with her...
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New Year, New Leadership
February 3, 2020
2020 brings an exciting new year of serving our Guests (clients) and their families here at Joy’s House, and it also brings two new members to our Board of Directors! We have an incredible group of leaders here at Joy’s House, and we are so grateful for their guidance, experience, support and focus on our...
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What is an Adult Day Service? Why is it Important?
January 28, 2020
These were the big questions asked during a recent episode of Caregiver Crossing, the Podcast (listen here!). Sarah Shadday, Joy’s House Outreach Coordinator and podcast co-host, sat down with Leah Jones, Family Care Manager at Joy’s House UIndy, to explore how Adult Day Centers and the services that places like Joy’s House provides affect families...
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Joy’s House is a Family
January 22, 2020
One word that is used a lot to describe Joy’s House and our culture is family. It’s how our Guests and caregivers, our volunteers, our staff, and our friends describe this special organization. If you’ve had any sort of role or connection here in the past 20 years, chances are, you’ve felt it too. And...
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