·State program
Programs of All-Inclusive Care For The Elderly (PACE)
Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provides comprehensive health care services to their participants. One of the main objectives of the PACE program is to enable older adults to live in the community as long as medically and socially feasible.
What you get
Services, Coverage, as recorded:
- A PACE organization may not charge a premium to a participant who is eligible for both Medicare and Health First Colorado, or who is only eligible for Health First Colorado
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Colorado?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (55–null)?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 06
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 07
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 08
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Age of the person receiving care
“comprehensive medical and social services to certain frail individuals 55 years of age and older”
hcpf.colorado.gov →Applicant age
“Be 55 years of age or older”
hcpf.colorado.gov →Disability of the person receiving care
“Meet nursing facility level of care”
hcpf.colorado.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
State residency
“Live in the service area of the PACE organization”
hcpf.colorado.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Contact the PACE organization in your area to apply. PACE organizations determine if an applicant meets PACE program eligibility criteria, including but not limited to, whether an applicant lives in their service area. Case Management Agencies determine if an applicant meets the functional criteria for PACE, meaning the applicant meets the nursing facility level of care. County Departments of Human Services determine if an applicant meets the financial criteria for Health First Colorado. An applicant may apply in person or online using the Colorado Program Eligibility and Application Kit (PEAK).