Ascension Living PACE Michigan Celebrates New Center

July 31, 2025– [Flint, MI] – Ascension Living is celebrating the construction of the new Ascension Living PACE Michigan Center located at 3801 W Boulevard Dr, Flint, MI, Flint. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE®) is an innovative model of care that allows seniors with long-term care needs to remain living in their community for as long as possible, as independently as possible. 

“We’re excited to offer more seniors in the Flint area coordinated care for preventive, primary, acute, and long-term needs,” said Lisa Musgrave, Senior Vice President, Post-Acute and At-Home. “Our new PACE Michigan center provides seniors with the tools, resources, and dedicated teams they need to stay safe and well in the community. With this new center, we can grow from caring for 260 seniors to serving 400—a remarkable step forward. It reflects Ascension’s continued dedication to expanding the PACE program, especially for seniors who are often underserved and vulnerable.”

The new Ascension Living PACE Michigan will provide a comprehensive package of health services to individuals living in Genesee County and parts of Lapeer, Livingston, Shiawassee, Oakland and Tuscola counties. Services are customized and holistic to the particular needs of each participant and are coordinated by an interdisciplinary team of professionals. The new PACE Center will allow individuals who are age 55 or older and their caregivers a more convenient and viable option for services that include adult day healthcare, transportation, medications, nursing care, rehabilitation and restorative therapies, medical care, pastoral care, social services, activities and recreation, caregiver support, hospitalization and nursing home care when needed, and other specialty services tailored for their needs. Services are provided both inside and outside a home, such as:

• Transportation to the PACE medical clinic 
• Medical appointments
• Recreational therapy and social activities 
  In-home support for daily living activities including meal preparation, personal care, light housekeeping and laundry

Around the country, there are 185 PACE organizations in 33 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 83,500 enrollees with more than 95% of PACE participants living outside of a nursing home. The year 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of On Lok, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that developed the PACE model of care. Federal legislation in 1997 made PACE a permanent part of the Medicare program and an option for state Medicaid programs.

For more information, call 810-255-3070 or visit ascensionliving.org/PACEMI today.

Shot 1 - Left to right, Brian McKaig, Senator John Cherry, Craig Berry, Mayor Sheldon Neely, Matt Franklin (Representative of U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin), Lisa Musgrave and Erin Shadbolt, celebrate the construction of the new Ascension Living PACE Michigan Center

Shot 2 - Reverend David Howell blesses the new PACE Michigan rehabilitation gym.

Shot 3 - Ascension leaders, left to right, Laura Melcher, Melissa Johnson, Brian McKaig, Jill Goetizinger, Tim Adams, Craig Berry, Dr. Mohamad Fakih, Erin Shadbolt, Lisa Musgrave and Bob Smoot, perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Shot 4 - Ascension Living PACE Michigan team members, left to right, Scott Forbes, Stephanie Byrd, Kayla Tolstyka, Kelly Anderson, Dr. Morgan Dudley, Carly Molchan, Craig Berry, Ruth Hawk, Malori Bailey, Christina Fierke, Dennis Austin, Jessica Downing, Joshua Bailey, celebrate the grand opening.