CHCS and Better Care Playbook Webinar Recording: Caring for Older Adults with Complex Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic - Lessons from PACE Innovations
The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Better Care Playbook held a webinar on June 30, "Caring for Older Adults with Complex Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from PACE Innovations."
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is an evidence-based care model for older adults who meet a nursing-home level of care but live in community settings. The webinar focused on innovative strategies PACE organizations have employed to care for participants and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlighted in particular those innovations related to providing care for older adults with complex needs.
Lessons shared were broadly applicable to organizations serving vulnerable older adults in other settings during the pandemic as well, particularly through integrated health plan approaches. In addition, speakers reviewed state policy considerations to address the long-term needs of older adults requiring a nursing home level of care in the context of COVID-19.
Speakers were:
- Logan Kelly, MPH, Senior Program Officer, CHCS
- Mia Phifer, MSJ, Vice President of Quality, National PACE Association
- Chris van Reenen, PhD, MPP, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, National PACE Association
- Robert Schreiber, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, Summit ElderCare, Massachusetts
- Marianne Ratcliffe, MHA, Executive Director, Piedmont Health SeniorCare, North Carolina
- Samantha Black, LCSW, Executive Director, TRU PACE, Colorado
- Peter Fitzgerald, MSc, Executive Vice President for Policy and Strategy, National PACE Association
- Anne Tumlinson, ATI Advisory
- Logan Kelly, Senior Program Officer, CHCS: Moderator
To learn more and to watch the recording, click here.
To go to the Better Care Playbook, click here.
