PACE separating from CareLink

THE PROGRAM for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly organization of Rhode Island will sign legal papers on Dec. 12 to separate it from CareLink.
THE PROGRAM for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly organization of Rhode Island will sign legal papers on Dec. 12 to separate it from CareLink.

PROVIDENCE – The founders and funders of the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly organization of Rhode Island will sign legal papers on Dec. 12 to separate it from CareLink, a nonprofit management organization.
Twelve years ago, the board of CareLink announced plans to open the first PACE site in the Ocean State to serve the needs of elderly residents who want to remain in the community instead of living in a nursing home.
Four years earlier, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a technical assistance grant opportunity inviting states without PACE programs to explore the possibility of developing a PACE program.
Rhode Island applied for the grant with the help of Carelink and received it. CareLink responded to the state’s request for proposals and was selected to open the first PACE program in Rhode Island.
Now, 11 years after opening on Chapman Street, PACE Rhode Island is ready to become its own 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, by paying off the seed loan from Webster Bank and releasing the five nonprofits that served as guarantors.
With sites in Providence, Westerly and Woonsocket, PACE Rhode Island employs more than 100 people and has served more than 750 frail elders since it opened. Individuals 55 and older who are certified to need nursing home care but wish to remain in the community and can do so with community supports are served.
The PACE Rhode Island program features an interdisciplinary care team that plans and oversees care across all settings from homes to hospitals; a day center where physical, occupational, speech and recreational therapy is given, as well as meals and nutritional counseling; and a medical clinic, based at the day center, where participants are observed by skilled medical caregivers.

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