Bluegrass PACE Care Makes Living at Home Your Goal Our Priority

October 27, 2023

Bluegrass PACE Care is all-inclusive healthcare that keeps Kentuckians 55+ safely at home. Bluegrass PACE Care provides a healthcare team and a customized plan for your individual needs. PACE participants receive medical and personal care, along with transportation, meals and social activities at the PACE Center. Bluegrass Care Navigators was the first PACE program to enroll participants in Kentucky and currently serves Fayette, Jessamine, Franklin, Woodford and Anderson counties; participants must live in these counties to qualify. 

At the Bluegrass PACE Care Center, participants receive the entire continuum of medical care, social care, long-term services and support needed by elderly adults so they can live safely in their homes. Upon enrollment in PACE, participants and their caregivers meet with an interdisciplinary healthcare team that includes doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers, dietitians, personal care aides and van drivers among others. This team develops an individualized care plan that addresses the participant’s needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. 


“PACE helped me not waste a day after my disability,” Maxine Myler-Cook, current Bluegrass PACE Care participant, said. “I believe in life before death, and you can’t stop living. Every day has to be a new adventure. PACE was my adventure. That was my new path in life because you never know what hand you’re going to be dealt, but you have to sit at the poker table and play the best hand you’ve got, and PACE is definitely helping me do that.” 


Transportation is provided by the PACE program to and from the Center, as well as to and from any appointments arranged by the PACE team. At the PACE center, participants receive primary care, therapy, meals, recreation and personal care, as well as meals and the opportunity to engage in social activities. 


For those with Medicaid and Medicare, PACE services are 100 percent covered. For Medicare only, private insurance or private pay, contact Bluegrass PACE Care to discuss associated fees. To qualify, PACE participants must be aged 55 or older, qualify for a specific level of care that may otherwise require a nursing home, live in the service area of the PACE organization, and be able to continue to live in the community with the help of PACE services. 


To schedule a free consultation with a member of Bluegrass PACE Care to discuss eligibility and services, ask questions, tour the PACE Center and meet the team, please call 859.687.9410, toll free at 866.422.6722 (TTY 800.648.6056). For more information, visit bgcarenav.org/PACE. 

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