Indiana COVID-19 News and Information

While the coronavirus pandemic continues to prove a challenge for Hoosiers, AARP Indiana strives to provide access to elected officials and crucial information to anyone who wants to learn.

INDIANAPOLIS – Today, AARP Indiana sent a letter to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and other state leaders calling for more transparency and explanation around funding the state received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

(Indianapolis, IN) – Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, AARP Indiana and other stakeholders advocated for the release of long-term care facility-specific data on COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Time is running out for elected officials to help stop COVID-19 deaths in our nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

Protecting people who live in nursing homes and long-term care facilities is a top priority in the era of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses many challenges for Hoosiers’ healthcare.

(Indianapolis, IN) – For months, AARP Indiana and other stakeholders advocated for the release of long-term care facility-specific data on COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Join experts from the Indiana Council Against Senior Exploitation (IN-CASE) for a live discussion about fraud related to COVID-19. Participants can call in and join the discussion on June 16 at 10 a.m. Eastern by asking questions about frauds and scams.

AARP Indiana today sent a letter to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), and the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) calling for more transparency about COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. Long-term care facilities include nursing, skilled nursing, residential, and assisted living facilities. Indiana is currently not publicly reporting the names of facilities where there have been positive cases of COVID-19 and deaths due to the virus.

The AARP Indiana team took to its phones and screens over the last two business weeks to engage with federal lawmakers and their staffs across the state as part of a Virtual Lobby Week effort.

AARP Indiana and Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration’s (FSSA) Division of Aging teamed up for an informative Telephone Town Hall on May 8.

Join City of Gary Mayor Jerome Prince, Health Commissioner Dr. Roland Walker, and AARP Indiana for a Tele-Town Hall on Wednesday, May 13.

Join Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson and AARP Indiana for a Tele-Town Hall on Tuesday, April 28 at 12:40 p.m. Eastern.

The Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana Community Shred-it Day presented by AARP Indiana scheduled for April 25 has been cancelled.

Officials to talk coronavirus with Hoosiers