Guides to your state's rules
How Indiana Licenses Assisted Living
Indiana issues a single Residential Care Facility (RCF) license under 410 IAC 16.2-5 -- not tiered by evacuation ability the way Texas tiers Type A/B.
Read →Memory Care: Disclosure, Not Certification, in Indiana
Indiana requires a written Alzheimer's/Dementia Special Care Disclosure under IC 12-10-5.5 -- there is no separate state memory-care certification to check for.
Read →How to Verify a Facility's License
The state tools that show license status and inspection history, and why a clean review page means nothing about the regulatory record.
Read →Medicaid Expansion vs. Long-Term Care Medicaid
Indiana expanded Medicaid via the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) effective February 1, 2015 -- a different eligibility pathway from long-term-care Medicaid for seniors.
Read →Indiana's PathWays Waiver, Explained
The PathWays Waiver pays for care services inside a licensed Residential Care Facility -- not room and board, which runs through RCAP instead.
Read →Indiana's In-Home Medicaid Waiver, Explained
Most Indianapolis-area seniors needing in-home-only services use the same PathWays Waiver, locally case-managed by CICOA.
Read →Managed Care for Medicare/Medicaid Dual-Eligibles in Indiana
Indiana coordinates long-term services and supports for seniors through managed care under the PathWays for Aging program, launched July 1, 2024.
Read →The Local Ombudsman and Filing Complaints
Two different systems: the free, independent long-term care ombudsman, and the state health department complaint line. Here is when to use each.
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