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resident Obama recently signed the Innovation Act, opening up the Programs of All-Inclsuive Care for the Elderly (PACE) for people in need of nursing home level of care to receive these services at home. The bill was approved by Congress earlier this fall.
Some of the major changes to the programs included getting rid of the age restriction for eligibility. Under the new regulations, anyone over the age of 21 who meets the criteria for nursing home care is eligible to be enrolled in a PACE program, rather than just those over the age of 55. The programs provide high levels of care for eligible patients in community-based settings, with the aim of keeping people out of higher-cost care settings such as nursing homes.