Medicina Comunitária e Educação em Saúde

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Home Visits on Elderly in Public Housing in Taipei - A Team Leader's Observation

Mei-Ju Chen and Chia-Hung Chen

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the health stakeholders’ characteristics who join the home visits.
Method: In this qualitative research, the data was collected based on team's leader observations.
Result: The personality traits of the health stakeholders included warm-heartedness, being passionate and
calmness. The team was professionally competent, enthusiastic and empathetic. There was an effective division of labor. All the members strongly approved of the interdepartmental arrangement. In our study, the pharmacist and dietician did not have younger staff (<5 years) to join the home visit.
Conclusion: It is an important to know that the characteristics of the health stakeholders who are willing to join home visit. The empathy training, communication skill and policy regulations should be included in the education programs.