What is PACE……….?
Program for All-Inclusive Care
for
the Elderly
PACE is a ………………program
Comprehensive
Coordinated
Interdisciplinary
Customized
Cost effective
Comprehensive
Primary care
Adult day health
Home Health Services
Social Services, psychiatry
Specialists
Podiatry/Optometry/ Dental/Audiology
Medications, Glasses, Dentures, Diapers, DME
Meals
Transportation
Pharmacological and Dietary Services
Procedures and hospitalizations
Assisted Living Services and Nursing home
Coordinated
One team takes care of all your needs
Same team follows you through the continuum (home,
hospital, nursing home) You don’t get lost in the system.
PACE provides transportation to the day center to medical
appointments and specialists
PACE schedules the home health aides, meals, oxygen etc.
PACE will make the appointments with the specialists and
tests to provide quality care
Low re- admission rates
Interdisciplinary
All staff sit around the same table to discuss issues and
plans of care.
Team is made up of a doctor, nurse practitioner, nurse,
social worker, pharmacist, dietician case-manager and
rehab.
Each team takes care of 120-150 participants
Preventative care- Staff see participants on a regular basis
Customized
Each plan of care is customized to the participants
needs and situation.
Flexibility to offer services that make sense
The plan of care is always changing
The participant is an active participant in designing
the care plan
Cost effective
Frail elder waiver ($2163)
Cost is not affected by the amount of care
We do the Medicaid applications if needed
We do accept Medicaid only, monthly spendown if over
$2163 as well as private pay. You can be 55 years old in the
program if disabled.
Contracted AL rates (do not pay more than your income)
Eligibility
55 years and older
Live in Avon, Boston, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook,
Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton,
Weymouth
Qualify for “nursing facility care” determined by the state.
Ability to live safely in the community with supports
Payment source: Medicare, Medicaid, monthly spendowns,
private pay
Questions?