Bay Area

Center for Elders’ Independence PACE Program Addresses Growing Needs for Senior Care

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6 years ago

September 26, 2019

In a show of support for PACE, the transformative model of senior care, the California Assembly passed a resolution on Sept. 20, 2019, that designates September as PACE month in California.

Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI), offers PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) to seniors in the East Bay. PACE is widely recognized as the gold standard of care for seniors with multiple health challenges.

During PACE Month, CEI and the California PACE Association, known as CalPACE, are educating seniors, their caregivers, medical providers, and elected officials about the benefits of the PACE program. PACE provides improved and sustained health management to seniors and reduces family and caregiver burnout by offering a proven, cost-effective, and high-quality alternative to nursing home or assisted living placement.

PACE provides a full range of preventive services at their wellness centers and in the home so families can keep older adults living at home. This approach provides tremendous benefits to California in annual savings of up to $22.6 million.

PACE achieves highly successful health and social outcomes by caring for the whole person with a personalized care plan that supports their medical, social, emotional and nutritional needs. Although every participant enrolled in PACE has multiple health challenges that meet the requirements for nursing home care, more than 95 percent can continue living in their homes across California with the services and support they receive through PACE.
CEI participant Cao Peixia, understands the value of the PACE model of care.

“As soon as I enrolled in CEI, my life started getting better. Not only do they take care of my medical problems immediately, but I feel I am being respected and valued. They treat me with dignity, and they treat me well. All of that helps me do better physically. I love coming to CEI because it feels like home and the staff is like family to me,” said Peixia.

By 2030, 1 in 3 Californians are projected to be over age 50. To meet the growing need for senior care in the East Bay, CEI is implementing a vigorous expansion plan to increase access to the PACE model of care for more elderly residents in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

“We have added substantial capacity with new and refurbished state-of-the-art centers in San Leandro, El Sobrante, Downtown Oakland and, in the near future, Concord,” said Linda Trowbridge, CEO, Center for Elders’ Independence. “Our new facilities are designed to incorporate the expressed priorities of our participants. By offering engaging social activities, new friends, nutritious meals, a place to exercise safely, and actively coordinated, excellent medical care, all provided in beautiful, contemporary setting, we continue to improve the lives of vulnerable seniors throughout the region,” added Trowbridge.

PACE, developed in 1971 by San Francisco-based On Lok, now includes 129 programs serving more than 50,000 participants in 31 states. PACE programs throughout California serve more than 8,800 participants at 47 PACE Centers and Alternative Care Sites in 14 counties. Since its founding in 1982, Oakland-based CEI has grown to provide medical, social, emotional, and nutritional services to 770 seniors.
For more information about PACE, visit elders.org or call (510) 433-1150.

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LA to the Bay: Thousands Protest in Mission District Against Immigration Raids, Travel Bans

Activists and allies alike gathered outside of the 24th Street Mission BART Station and City Hall to denounce the increased immigration raids happening in L.A. and Donald Trump’s decision to send hundreds of National Guard members to control protesters.

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June 14, 2025

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Protestors walking the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District. Thousands of people walked in a protest against the increased immigration raids across the country and unrest in Los Angeles. Photo by Magaly Muñoz

By Magaly Muñoz

Thousands of people walked the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District Monday evening in protest of the recent ICE raids across California, and the escalating tensions brought by military intervention in Los Angeles over the last week.

San Francisco non-profit Mission Action announced the protest plan Sunday night and led the amped crowd in cheers against anti-immigrant hate.

“La gente unida, no será vencida!” and “Move ICE, get out the Bay” chants were heard for a mile from 24th Street to 16th Street Mission BART and back around towards Valencia Street.

District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder attended the evening protest and applauded the community for their resilience in the streets over the last two days.

Protestors holding a Mexican flag for a rally in San Francisco. Thousands of people gathered at 24th Street Mission BART Station to participate in a protest about the increased immigration raids across the country. Photo by Magaly Muñoz.

“It’s up to every single legislator [to stand up for the community], but first and foremost, the people, you all are gonna be the ones to make sure that Trump, ICE, and the military do not set foot in the Mission,” Fielder said to the crowd.

Fielder, along with two other Supervisors, also spoke at a press conference earlier in the day in front of City Hall with other officials and community leaders about the travel ban that went into effect last Wednesday and the immigration arrests from the week before. Speakers also denounced the more than 150 arrests made by local police during a protest Sunday night.

District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton said it was the public’s moral obligation to disobey unjust laws.

A protester holding an upside-down American flag at an anti-ICE and travel ban press conference in front of San Francisco City Hall. Thousands of people marched through the Mission District to protest against the increase in immigration raids across the state. Photo by Magaly Muñoz.

“The systemic oppression that has taken place now in the U.S. to remove our constitutional rights to assemble, to protest, to fight against moral and unjust rules and policies is put in place to tear us apart and to promote fear in everyone,” Walton said.

Around 15 people were detained by ICE at the immigration court last week, and at least half a dozen more by the time this story was published, immigration lawyers reported.

A new travel ban has also barred people from 12 countries, mostly from Africa and the Middle East, because the Trump administration said they “pose a very high risk to the United States.”

Community leaders said this action is continued discrimination against Black and Middle Eastern immigrants who are seeking opportunities in America.

An immigration lawyer urged people at the press conference to stay calm and meet peacefully because federal officials were going to be looking for reasons to escalate the tensions and arrest residents for simply attending protests.

“We have to remind ourselves; we all have a history. Our families survived discrimination before,” she said. “We will survive this, too. So long as we don’t let them divide us. Let’s fight this together.”