Home Care
Health care services and supplies at home, where you’re most comfortable
When you have an illness or injury, Home Care enables you to receive some health care services at home, where you are most comfortable.
When health care providers come right to your door to help you recover, you’re more likely to stay out of the hospital and emergency room.
Our Approach to Home Care
You may qualify for home care services from IU Health if you have one of these conditions, among others:
- Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia or cognitive impairment
- Cancer
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Diabetes
- Gastrointestinal disorder such as Crohn’s disease, short bowel syndrome or ulcerative colitis
- Heart failure
- Joint replacement
- Immune system disorders
- Infection
- Multiple sclerosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sleep disorders and sleep apnea
Our Home Care Services
IU Health offers a full range of home care services, including:
- Home delivery of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and supplies
- Home telemonitoring
- Family education
- Finger stick anticoagulation checks
- Pharmacy infusions and subcutaneous medications
- Tube feedings
The following services are also available through home care:
Antibiotics and Anti-Infectives
When you have an infection that can’t be treated with oral medication, you may need to receive your medication as a shot or an infusion.
IU Health can deliver these medications to your home and home care nurses will teach you how to take these medications so that you can go home from the hospital as soon as possible, and stay at home. Our team of professionals will work with you and your doctor to make sure your infection is responding the way your doctor expects. Learn more about our home infusion services.
Anti-emetic Medications and Hydration
If you have nausea from chemotherapy, radiation, anesthesia, a gastrointestinal condition or pregnancy, you might benefit from anti-emetic medication. If you cannot take oral medication, it can be given by injection or infusion, and our nurses will teach you how to administer. Nausea and vomiting can cause dehydration. You also may benefit from hydration therapy at home. Learn more about our home infusion services.
Specialty Injectable Medications
IU Health provides injectable and infusion medications for a variety of conditions. Medication and supplies can be delivered to your home, and our pharmacy can prepare individualized doses if needed. Learn more about our home infusion services.
IV Immune Globulin (IVIG) and Subcutaneous Immune Globulin
An IU Health home care nurse will give you intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) if you have an autoimmune disorder requiring that medication. Some patients are candidates for subcutaneous administration of immune globulins, and can learn to administer the medication themselves. Learn more about our home infusion services.
Pain Management
Sometimes you need help managing your pain at home to be comfortable. IU Health home care can provide some types of pain medication along with supplies and equipment required. Our lightweight infusion pumps can be preprogrammed to provide the dosing ordered by your doctor. Learn more about our home infusion services.
Enteral Nutrition Therapy
When you need to have your nutrition from a feeding tube, IU Health home care delivers the supplies and formulas you need. Our home care staff show you and your family how to use and take care of the feeding tube. They’ll also monitor you to make sure you’re getting the nutrition you need.
Respiratory Home Medical Equipment
IU Health Sleep Apnea Education Centers provide products and services to help treat sleep apnea and other respiratory distress.
IU Health home care has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for home health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. This recognition is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing the highest national standards for safety and quality of care and is committed to continually improving patient care.
IU Health home care team members include specially trained registered nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, respiratory therapists and customer service specialists.
Besides providing high-level skilled care to you in the comfort of your home, home care has other benefits, including:
- Shorter hospital stays and fewer preventable readmissions and emergency room visits
- Coordination of care between hospital and home, and between post-acute skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility and home.
- Convenience, allowing you to return to work or school while receiving home care (in some cases)
- Better outcomes
- Significant cost reduction compared with extended hospitalization. Most insurance plans cover home care services.
Why IU Health for Home Care
IU Health home care has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for home health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. This recognition is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing the highest national standards for safety and quality of care and is committed to continually improving patient care.
IU Health home care team members include specially trained registered nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, respiratory therapists and customer service specialists.
Besides providing high-level skilled care to you in the comfort of your home, home care has other benefits, including:
- Shorter hospital stays and fewer preventable readmissions and emergency room visits
- Coordination of care between hospital and home, and between post-acute skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility and home.
- Convenience, allowing you to return to work or school while receiving home care (in some cases)
- Better outcomes
- Significant cost reduction compared with extended hospitalization. Most insurance plans cover home care services.
IU Health Home Health formed a partnership with another expert Home Health provider to form Redcrest Home Health in November 2025. Current patients will experience a seamless transition—your care, services, and insurance coverage will continue exactly as they are.
Partnering with Redcrest Home Health for Your Recovery
Redcrest Home Health provides the traditional, skilled care you need right at home. If you are recovering from an injury, illness, or surgery, our services may be right for you. Patients often qualify for care with conditions including:
- Heart failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia
- Infections
- Joint replacement
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Gastrointestinal disorders, such as Crohn’s disease
- Ostomy or a wound
Visit the Redcrest Home Health website to learn more.
Home Health Services Update
IU Health Home Health formed a partnership with another expert Home Health provider to form Redcrest Home Health in November 2025. Current patients will experience a seamless transition—your care, services, and insurance coverage will continue exactly as they are.
Partnering with Redcrest Home Health for Your Recovery
Redcrest Home Health provides the traditional, skilled care you need right at home. If you are recovering from an injury, illness, or surgery, our services may be right for you. Patients often qualify for care with conditions including:
- Heart failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia
- Infections
- Joint replacement
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Gastrointestinal disorders, such as Crohn’s disease
- Ostomy or a wound
Visit the Redcrest Home Health website to learn more.
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IU Health provides expert infusion services when it’s convenient for you right to your home.
Patient Stories for Home Care
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IU Health provides expert infusion services when it’s convenient for you right to your home.