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Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (known as PACE^®) are innovative because they provide continuous care and services offering individuals eligible for nursing home care the option of continuing to live in the community.   Because these health care costs are traditionally paid for through the Medicare and Medicaid programs and out of people’s pockets – access to a comprehensive system of care that encompasses preventive, primary, acute and long term care is usually not possible.   One key to the PACE model is the combining of dollars from different funding streams in order to deliver a comprehensive set of services focused on the health and well-being of the individual.

Because PACE delivers care differently from traditional long term care providers, it can be difficult to understand how all the elements of the program work together.  For example, the public may be mostly aware of the PACE program’s vans which provide transportation to PACE participants.  Policy makers may view PACE as a program that integrates Medicare and long term care funding in a way that saves tax payer dollars while providing more effective care. PACE participants and their family members might see the PACE center that they attend as the central part of the program.  But it is the combination of the different components of the PACE model, including the work of the Interdisciplinary Team, that results in care and services that are tailored to the individual needs of each PACE participant.

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