It is a Home Care Service (SAD), created by the Federal Government with the aim of expanding home care and is available in the Unified Health System (SUS). The program’s slogan “Hospital safety in the comfort of your home” is closely associated with the program’s proposal, as Home Care can be understood as a set of health actions carried out at home, with the intention of reducing the risk of infections, avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations, in addition to improving the management of hospital beds and the use of resources.
The main objective is to promote safe dehospitalization, both in the pre-hospital and post-hospital phases, as early as possible, and to provide multidisciplinary care at home for people who cannot travel to the Basic Health Unit. With this, it helps families and, especially, women who are generally responsible for domestic and care tasks. Access to the SAD is generally done at the hospital where the user is hospitalized or at the request of the Family Health/Primary Care team or the Emergency Care Unit (UPA)