Welcome to Piedmont Health
SeniorCare
Piedmont Health SeniorCare is developing
a new, comprehensive program of community-based health care for older
adults. (Read more on our program's development
here.)
Once operational, Piedmont Health
SeniorCare will provide an alternative to nursing home care to Alamance
and Caswell counties; it will allow nursing-home eligible seniors to
remain in their homes and communities.
Model of
Care
Once approved by Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, our program will be based on a model of
care known as PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly).
PACE programs keep older adults as healthy as possible in the
community by providing comprehensive health care and social services
including: primary and specialty medical care, a day health program,
social work services, rehabilitation, pharmaceuticals, home health, and
more.
Participants attend the Day Center on
a regular basis, and transportation is provided. The PACE team of
health care and social service professionals and affiliates provide
comprehensive integrated care to the program’s participants.
As a PACE provider, Piedmont Health
SeniorCare will:
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Build on existing community services to provide a
full-continuum of care
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Coordinate care through an interdisciplinary care team
in collaboration with participants and their loved ones;
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Manage care individually, with emphasis on specific
circumstances of participants’ health, ability to care for themselves,
the complexity of family relationships, as well as the goals and
desires of the participant and their caregivers.
Mission
The mission of Piedmont
Health SeniorCare is to promote and sustain the independence of our
seniors wishing to remain in the community. We believe
that the elderly with chronic health care needs and their families are
best served within their homes and communities whenever possible.
Development
Piedmont Health SeniorCare is in the process
of securing certification as a PACE provider; our application is
currently under review with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
but we expect to be operational by September 2008. The first
site will be located in Burlington, serving 150 residents of Alamance
and Caswell counties. Enrollment cannot commence until the
program becomes certified as a PACE provider. Once this first site
is operational and self-sustaining, additional sites in North Carolina’s
piedmont region are anticipated. Collaborative partners in this
effort are welcome; you are encouraged to contact us with suggestions.
