Proposta de melhoria das visitas domiciliares na Atenção Básica

Abstract

To conclude the Specialization Course in Primary Family Health Care, a Situational Diagnosis should be conducted where the professional acted during this period. Among the problems encountered, poor solutions regarding intervention performed in home visits were considered as the problem to work on. This work must be done because the home visits constitute, in our view, a potentially modifying process in the health of bedridden individuals with limited mobility or confined to small spaces, and has been poorly exploited or not exploited at all their potential. The objective of this study was to develop a proposal for improvement of home visits by the primary health care team, as well as expand the vision of the doctor about the families of their area of coverage for health care. According to the Ministry of Health (2012), home care in primary care plan aim for interdisciplinary, and is part of the team work, which should discuss and plan each case process. Moreover, it requires the active participation of the user and their family. Home care is increasingly present in our reality as a key strategy for building an equitable health system. In the action plan proposed, attitudes which focus on the organization of demand, the professionals’ interest regarding patients and developing a care plan were prioritized. The performance of the team is much broader than you might think, as it encompasses several aspects of the patient. Home visits are a simple but effective technology, which greatly contributes to better coverage of cases that cannot receive such a detailed intervention only in the office.