Geriatric Interprofessional Team Transformation for Primary Care overview.

Background: The Geriatric Interprofessional Team Transformation for Primary Care (GITT-PC) is a model developed to deliver optimal care to older adults in primary care. GITT-PC is an expansion of the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training (GITT) program developed at New York University and funded from 1995 to 2002 (Fulmer et al.

Bridging the gap between primary care and community-based organizations to address complex care needs of older adults.

Supporting older adults in their desire to remain in an independent living environment requires a collaborative, interprofessional approach in which the individual's medical and social needs are coordinated. This approach requires recognizing the difference in the culture of care between primary care and community-based organizations. Identifying how the two cultures differ may be the first step to learning how to work collaboratively and effectively to meet the social and medical needs of older adults.