PACE Model of Care Draws International Attention

Social service professionals are coming from as far as Israel and Singapore to see what they can learn about CCM's Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

Israel's director general of the Israeli Ministry of Social Welfare and directors involved with aging and community relations issues visited the Allerton CCM site on September 22 to see how the PACE model addresses the issue of service coordination and integration. Singapore's minister of state and two senior staff members took a similar tour of the Grand Street CCM in Manhattan on Sept. 19 and another Singapore contingent will be coming in October.

Beth Abraham Family of Health Services' PACE program - the largest in the nation - integrates medical care, social day care, home care and supportive care for the frail elderly who want an alternative to a nursing home. The Israeli delegation specifically expressed interest in learning more about how the model is coordinated and integrated to ensure seamless delivery of services to a socially complex and aging population.

Pictured from left to right: Joseph Healy, COO, CCM; Dr. Wayne Lee, VP of Medical Affairs, CCM; Elizabeth Regis, Site Director, CCM Allerton; Mary Wehrberger, VP of Clinical Operations, CCM; Nachum Itzkovitz, Director General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Services, Israel; Suzanne Brown, Director, Community Relations Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute. Israel; Jenny Brodsky, Director, Center for Research on Aging, Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel; Maureen Connolly, AVP of Clinical Operations, CCM.

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