
Record 101 · Health · 1971
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On Lok
On Lok
“The San Francisco program that invented all-inclusive care for frail elders at home.”
On Lok built adult day health, home care, and housing into one prepaid program for people who would otherwise be in a nursing home. PACE is this model, federalized.
Opened the all-inclusive community-care pattern the U.S. still copies.
- Day health + home care under one capitation
- Keep-at-home for nursing-home-eligible people
- Template for PACE
The neighborhood as the nursing home.



