1) The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model targets individuals who would otherwise qualify for Medicaid nursing home placement and provides a comprehensive array of home and community-based services at a cost less than nursing home care. Individuals who choose to enroll in PACE have both their medical and long-term care needs managed through a single provider.
To be eligible for PACE, an individual must be age 55 or older, be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid with income and assets up to the Institutional Care Program (ICP) level, meet medical eligibility, and live in proximity to a PACE Center.
For additional information contact:
Suncoast PACE
6774 102nd Ave N, Pinellas Park, FL 33782
Phone: (727) 289-0062
Please visit their Website: SUNCOASTPACE.ORG
2) The Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-term Care Program (SMMC LTC). Medicaid recipients who qualify and become enrolled in SMMC LTC receive long-term care services from a managed care plan. There is an extensive wait list for this program. Long-term care services provided include homemaker, companionship, assisted living services, case management, adult day care, home accessibility adaptation, escort, hospice, assistive care, assisted living facility services, behavioral management, personal care, personal emergency response systems, medical equipment and supplies, intermittent and skilled nursing, medication administration and management, caregiver training, home-delivered meals, respiratory therapy, respite care, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, nursing facility services, and non-emergency transportation. Eligibility SMMC LTC enrollees must be age 18 or older and determined disabled by the Social Security Administration, or they must be age 65 or older and enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B, be eligible for Medicaid up to the Institutional Care Program (ICP) income and asset levels.
For additional information contact:
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
11351 Ulmerton Rd # 303, Largo, FL 33778
Phone: (727) 588-6912
Please visit their website: elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea
Diana Mangsen focuses her practice as an elder law attorney in Clearwater, Largo, St. Petersburg, Dunedin, Palm Harbor and the Tampa Bay area.
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