The GRACE Interdisciplinary Team Suggestions or GRACE protocols are based on published practice guidelines and input from local primary care providers to target 12 geriatric conditions for quality improvement.  For each condition, GRACE protocols specify recommendations for evaluation and management that are individualized and implemented by the GRACE support team to provide care for intervention patients participating in the GRACE randomized controlled trial.

The GRACE model of care and Interdisciplinary Team Suggestions are described in the following publication in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 

Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Buttar AB, Clark DO, Frank KI. Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE): a new model of primary care for low-income seniors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jul;54(7):1136-41.

The information provided here, including text and images, is for educational and informational purposes only and should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider.

If you want additional information about the protocols or wish to use them, contact Steven R. Counsell, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1001 West 10th Street, WOP-M200, Indianapolis, IN  46202.  Click to send email to Dr. Counsell.