Harbor Health PACE

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) helps older adults (individual 55+) with complex medical needs. The program helps older adults avoid nursing homes and instead receive the care and services necessary to help them be safe, comfortable, and healthy while living in their own community.

Harbor Health PACE

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) helps older adults (individual 55+) with complex medical needs. The program helps older adults avoid nursing homes and instead receive the care and services necessary to help them be safe, comfortable, and healthy while living in their own community.

Towns Harbor Health PACE Serves

Abington

Attleboro

Auburndale

Avon

Boston

Braintree

Brant Rock

Bridgewater

Brighton

Brockton

Brookline

Canton

Chestnut Hill

Cohasset

Dedham

Dorchester

Duxbury

East Bridgewater

Easton

Foxboro

Halifax

Hanover

Hanson

Hingham

Holbrook

Hull

Humarock

Hyde Park

Jamaica Plain

Kingston

Mansfield

Marshfield

Mattapan

Milton

Newton

North Attleboro

Norton

Norwell

Norwood

Pembroke

Plymouth

Plympton

Quincy

Randolph

Raynham

Rockland

Roslindale

Scituate

South Boston

South Easton

Sharon

Stoughton

Taunton

West Bridgewater

West Roxbury

Weymouth

Whitman

Abington

Attleboro

Auburndale

Avon

Boston

Braintree

Brant Rock

Bridgewater

Brighton

Brockton

Brookline

Canton

Chestnut Hill

Cohasset

Dedham

Dorchester

Duxbury

East Bridgewater

Easton

Foxboro

Halifax

Hanover

Hanson

Hingham

Holbrook

Hull

Humarock

Hyde Park

Jamaica Plain

Kingston

Mansfield

Marshfield

Mattapan

Milton

Newton

North Attleboro

Norton

Norwell

Norwood

Pembroke

Plymouth

Plympton

Quincy

Randolph

Raynham

Rockland

Roslindale

Scituate

Sharon

South Boston

South Easton

Stoughton

Taunton

West Bridgewater

West Roxbury

Weymouth

Whitman

Zip Codes Harbor Health PACE Serves

02020

02021

02026

02035

02043

02045

02047

02048

02050

02061

02062

02066

02067

02072

02115

02121

02122

02123

02124

02125

02126

02127

02130

02131

02132

02135

02169

02184

02186

02188

02189

02190

02191

02215

02301

02302

02303

02304

02305

02322

02324

02325

02332

02333

02334

02338

02339

02340

02341

02343

02351

02356

02357

02358

02359

02360

02364

02367

02368

02370

02375

02379

02382

02445

02446

02447

02456

02458

02459

02460

02461

02462

02464

02465

02466

02467

02468

02495

02703

02718

02760

02763

02766

02767

02768

02780

02783

02021

02026

02035

02048

02062

02067

02072

02115

02121

02122

02123

02124

02125

02126

02127

02130

02131

02132

02135

02169

02184

02186

02188

02189

02190

02191

02215

02301

02302

02303

02304

02305

02322

02324

02325

02333

02334

02338

02339

02340

02341

02343

02351

02356

02357

02358

02359

02360

02364

02367

02368

02370

02375

02379

02382

02445

02446

02447

02456

02458

02459

02460

02461

02462

02464

02465

02466

02467

02468

02495

02703

02718

02760

02763

02766

02767

02768

02780

02783

WHAT IS PACE?

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is an alternative to nursing home care.

The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a federally funded health care plan that offers a variety of services, with many of them provided onsite at a PACE Center.

PACE is an alternative to nursing home care and – through an interdisciplinary care team (IDT) of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, therapists, van drivers, and aides – coordinates and provides preventive, primary, acute, and long-term care services, so older individuals can continue living in the community.

The interdisciplinary team collaborates with seniors and their families to create a comprehensive and coordinated personal care plan, makes all necessary appointments, coordinates specialists, manages medication, and provides transportation to and from PACE centers.

87% of participants live at home

While 100% of PACE participants are eligible for nursing facility placement, 87% live safely in the community.1

Low hospital & nursing facility use

Only 13% of PACE enrollees are in long term care facilities, compared to 22% of non-PACE consumers who are nursing facility eligible.2

Saves the taxpayers money

PACE saves the State approximately $30 million annually in health care spending. (2016 data)3

High rates of satisfaction

As an alternative to nursing home care, PACE keeps frail seniors in their homes and communities with high rates of satisfaction. Between 2010 and 2016 just over 2% of PACE enrollees voluntarily disenrolled from PACE, indicating PACE participants are very satisfied with their overall care.4

Strengthened end-of-life planning

PACE programs strengthen end-of-life planning and help promote not only “quality of life,” but “quality of death” for their participants, allowing participants to choose how and where they want to die surrounded by family and loved ones.5

Before I Found PACE

Ronald Hanz

Contact Harbor Health PACE to get more information.

Contact Harbor Health PACE to get more information.

  1. MassPACE 2018 consolidated data. See Issue Brief #2: More Appropriate Care for PACE Enrollees.
  2. 21% of PACE enrollees had a hospital admission versus 27% of a similar population not enrolled in PACE.
  3. 2016 Comparison of monthly Medicaid (MassHealth) cost for PACE of $3406 compared to fee for service upper payment limit of $4090 projected against all Medicaid dual-eligible and Medicaid-only participant member months netted a 17% savings in PMPM. See Brief: PACE Reduces MassHealth Costs and Improves Quality of Life for Older Adults.
  4. PACE Voluntary Quarterly Disenrollment Rates.
  5. MassPACE. See Issue Brief #3: How PACE Programs Strengthen End-of-Life Planning and Care.
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