| R 205 |
| 2025 -- S 0958 Enacted 04/08/2025 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PACE-RI |
Introduced By: Senator Valarie J. Lawson |
| Date Introduced: April 07, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, PACE-RI is a nonprofit healthcare plan for frail seniors that was founded in |
| 2005, with the express purpose of assisting low-income seniors who desire to continue to live in |
| their homes instead of a nursing home. Originally founded in Providence, PACE-RI currently has |
| centers in East Providence, Newport, Westerly and Woonsocket; and |
| WHEREAS, PACE-RI serves as both a health insurer and healthcare provider, addressing |
| seniors’ health needs through a holistic approach, including primary and acute services, |
| pharmacy, behavioral health, rehabilitation services, home care, transportation, adult day services, |
| meals, and all other healthcare needs; and |
| WHEREAS, Thanks to the services provided by PACE-RI, 450 medically complex |
| participants were able to stay in their homes instead of going to nursing homes, for an average of |
| four additional years compared to those without PACE-RI. PACE-RI provides significant savings |
| for Rhode Island taxpayers and delivers the high-quality care and support most people desire in |
| their final years; and |
| WHEREAS, The average participant is 75 years old with six medical conditions and |
| eleven medications. Approximately eighty-nine percent of PACE-RI enrollees have a behavioral |
| health diagnosis and thirty-five percent have dementia. Almost all enrollees need help with |
| multiple activities of daily living activities such as daily bathing, grooming, feeding and dressing, |
| and are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare; and |
| WHEREAS, PACE-RI has served more than 2,000 people in its distinguished twenty |
| years of service. PACE-RI participants experience eleven percent fewer emergency room visits |
| per 100 participants compared to their peers not in the PACE-RI program, and forty-three percent |
| of PACE-RI participants who have been enrolled for at least a year have not required inpatient |
| hospitalization. Thanks to PACE-RI, eighty-six percent of participants say they feel that PACE- |
| RI’s services help improve or maintain their independence and quality of life; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby joyously celebrates the |
| 20th Anniversary of PACE-RI, and thanks them for the high-quality healthcare services they |
| provide on a daily basis to the frail elderly enrollees under their care; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Thomas Boucher, Chief of External |
| Affairs, PACE-RI. |
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