Hosparus Health affiliate Care Guide Partners held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday celebrating the opening of the William B. and Janet B. Schmidt PACE Center, which is designed to provide easily accessible care for area seniors and their families.
Hosparus Health President and CEO David Cook said Wednesday’s opening was a long time coming.
“At two years, we’ve been working from the idea to getting the facility up and running, working through different pieces with the state, with Medicare, and to get that approval, to finally be ready to start helping people, it’s just phenomenal, so we’re thrilled today to be open and ready for business,” Cook said.
The PACE center is designed to support up to 250 individuals living in Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, LaRue, and Nelson counties daily.
“On any given day as many as 120 of those individuals could be here at the center, whether it’s socialization, bingo, fun, or whether it’s actually health care, or therapy, or different support,” Cook said.
The PACE center is up and running, but Cook says Care Guide Partners is still seeking support to further expand.
“We had a goal of $3 million, and so we’ve got about $500,000 more that we want to raise to help support what we’re doing here, but we’re getting really close,” Cook said. “So we’re still looking for some final gifts to make this fully successful, but we’re thrilled at where we stand today.”
More information on the PACE center is available on the Hosparus Health website.
