Challenges for carrying out the discharge in home care
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19175/recom.v12i0.4707Keywords:
Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar, Alta do Paciente, Cuidado Transicional.Abstract
Objective:understand the discharge process of patients and family members assisted by home care services.Methoddescriptive-exploratory, qualitative study carried out with ten professionals from two Multiprofessional Home Care Teams linked to a Municipal Health Department. Data collection took place through semi-structured interviews, audio-recorded and submitted to content analysis, thematic modality. Results: the interviewees mentioned difficulties in recognizing the appropriate time to start the planning of care transition activities, the lack of a standardized flow harmful to the continuation of care by Primary Care, the use of the Singular Therapeutic Project, the unification of information systems and the development of protocols for safe care transition. Conclusion: the difficulties related to the discharge show the need for interventions that involve the elaboration of protocols for articulation between services and maintenance of continuous and comprehensive care.