Element Care 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.

Element Care 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 Element Care PACE Serves

Amesbury

Andover

Bedford

Beverly

Billerica

Boston

Boxford

Brookline

Burlington

Chelmsford

Danvers

Dracut

Dunstable

Essex

Georgetown

Gloucester

Groveland

Hamilton

Hathorne

Haverhill

Ipswich

Lawrence

Lexington

Lowell

Lynn

Lynnfield

Manchester By the Sea

Marblehead

Melrose

Merrimac

Methuen

Middleton

Nahant

Needham

Newbury

Newburyport

Newton

North

Reading

Peabody

Reading

Rockport

Rowley

Salem

Salisbury

Saugus

South Hamilton

Stoneham

Swampscott

Tewksbury

Topsfield

Tyngsborough

Wakefield

Waltham

Watertown

Wenham

West Newbury

Westford

Wilmington

Winchester

Woburn

Amesbury

Andover

Bedford

Beverly

Billerica

Boston

Boxford

Brookline

Burlington

Chelmsford

Danvers

Dracut

Dunstable

Essex

Georgetown

Gloucester

Groveland

Hamilton

Hathorne

Haverhill

Ipswich

Lawrence

Lexington

Lowell

Lynn

Lynnfield

Manchester By the Sea

Marblehead

Melrose

Merrimac

Methuen

Middleton

Nahant

Needham

Newbury

Newburyport

Newton

North

Reading

Peabody

Reading

Rockport

Rowley

Salem

Salisbury

Saugus

South Hamilton

Stoneham

Swampscott

Tewksbury

Topsfield

Tyngsborough

Wakefield

Waltham

Watertown

Wenham

West Newbury

Westford

Wilmington

Winchester

Woburn

Zip Codes Element Care PACE Serves

01730

01731

01801

01802

01803

01810

01812

01824

01826

01827

01830

01831

01832

01833

01834

01835

01840

01841

01842

01843

01844

01845

01850

01851

01852

01854

01860

01862

01863

01864

01867

01876

01879

01880

01885

01886

01887

01890

01899

01901

01902

01903

01904

01905

01906

01907

01908

01910

01913

01915

01921

01922

01923

01929

01930

01931

01936

01937

01938

01940

01944

01945

01947

01949

01950

01951

01952

01960

01961

01965

01966

01969

01970

01971

01982

01983

01984

01985

02115

02120

02130

02134

02135

02163

02176

02180

02215

02420

02421

02445

02446

02451

02452

02453

02456

02458

02459

02460

02461

02462

02464

02465

02466

02467

02468

02471

02472

02477

02492

02494

02495

05501

05544

01730

01731

01801

01802

01803

01810

01812

01824

01826

01827

01830

01831

01832

01833

01834

01835

01840

01841

01842

01843

01844

01845

01850

01851

01852

01854

01860

01862

01863

01864

01867

01876

01879

01880

01885

01886

01887

01890

01899

01901

01902

01903

01904

01905

01906

01907

01908

01910

01913

01915

01921

01922

01923

01929

01930

01931

01936

01937

01938

01940

01944

01945

01947

01949

01950

01951

01952

01960

01961

01965

01966

01969

01970

01971

01982

01983

01984

01985

02115

02120

02130

02134

02135

02163

02176

02180

02215

02420

02421

02445

02446

02451

02452

02453

02456

02458

02459

02460

02461

02462

02464

02465

02466

02467

02468

02471

02472

02477

02492

02494

02495

05501

05544

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

Terri Ann and Leon Dirteater

Contact Element Care PACE to get more information.

Contact Element Care 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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