Hope PACE – Fort Myers

Hope PACE is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and this is its center on Winkler Avenue in Fort Myers. Enrolled participants receive primary and specialty medical care, medications, home care and socialization through one program, and visit the day center on a schedule set with their care team, often two or three times a week. It is for adults 55 and older who live in Lee, Charlotte or Collier county, can live safely in the community and have health problems that put them at risk of needing nursing home care. Reviewers mention friendly participants, crafts, memory games, music, meals, on-site therapy and wheelchair-accessible buses, while some describe problems with medications, therapy consistency and communication with families. It is licensed by the State of Florida as an Adult Day Care Center for up to 100 participants.

Hope PACE coordinates participants' primary and specialty medical care, prescription medications (including Part D drugs), therapies and home care, with access to care 24 hours a day. Reviewers say the center serves breakfast and lunch, offers physical therapy with nurses and doctors on site, and has crafts, memory games, music, entertainment and a reading area, with transportation on air-conditioned buses that accommodate wheelchairs.

The center is at 2668 Winkler Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program is free for participants with Medicaid; people with Medicare only or other insurance pay fees, and private pay is accepted. Participants must be full-time residents of Lee, Charlotte or Collier county. Call (239) 985-6400 to talk with an enrollment specialist.