The All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Program (PACE) allows seniors to remain active members of their community who would otherwise need to reside in a nursing home. For To be considered eligible for PACE, patients must be at least 55 years old and certified by the state in which they reside, have a chronic illness, disability, or need physical or medical assistance PACE developed in the Chinatown section of San Francisco CA in 1971. Enc At the time, this community was made up of many families whose elders were immigrants from Italy, China, and the Philippines. The option of nursing home care for the elderly was culturally unacceptable to many living in this community The first On Lok center provided adult day care with medical, rehabilitation, respite and social services program reimbursement for daily health services by 1979. On Lok was further funded by a four-year Department of Health and Human Services demonstration...