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Interprofessional work in PET-health home visits: an experience report
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House calls
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Primary health care

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Interprofessional work in PET-health home visits: an experience report. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 12(9), e4099. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e4099.2020

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Abstract

Objective: Report experience of undergraduate health students at a state university, participants of Health Work Education Program – WEP-Health/Interprofessionality, in home visits to the elderly attended by the health team. Experience report:  Weekly visits has been carried out with 5 elderly people during two months of 2019, in addition to the application of assessment scales and the filling out of the elderly person's handbook and it can be observed: lack of family support, risk factors, neglect regarding food or use medication, among other situations. It is noteworthy that despite the limitations, the diversity of areas of the group allowed a joint and interprofessional view, analyzing essential aspects for the work involving the elderly in their biopsychosocial aspect and enabling the construction of the Singular Therapeutic Project (STP). Final considerations: Home visits are a strategy for monitoring the elderly in various areas, in addition to contributing to academic and professional training, developing skills aimed at humanized care.

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