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PACE Approved as Evidenced Based Model of Care
PACE has been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidenced based model of care and placed on the National Registry of Evidenced Based Programs and Practices web site. SAMSHA recently began reviewing models of care for the elderly and PACE is one of the first to be recognized on the NREPP web site.
PACE Program Could Prolong Seniors' Ability to Live Independently
As the baby boomer generation faces retirement, there is a heightened interest in the best ways to care for older adults and prolong their abilities to live independently. A new study published in The Milbank Quarterly looks at seniors' abilities to perform essential daily functions after entering the PACE program.
"The objective of PACE is to enable individuals to live independently in the community and with a high quality of life," said Dana Mukamel, Ph.D., lead study author and a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy Research, University of California. "Maintaining or improving function is important in enabling frail elderly individuals to do so."
The average PACE program participant is 80 years old. Study data showed that at three months, 61% of enrollees reported no decline in functional skills and by 12 months, 43.3% still reported no decline. Study authors consider the slower rate of decline an important factor in the ability to prolong independent living.
PACE Nationally Showcased as Innovative Care Delivery Model
Living Independently for Elders (LIFE) of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been selected as one of 24 care delivery models to showcase the innovation underway at healthcare organizations nationwide. The models selected share common features, such as creating new roles for nursing, leveraging new technologies, and engaging healthcare consumers and their caregivers in care planning and delivery. A complete profile of LIFE-UPenn has been published on the Innovative Care Models web site.
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