Home Visit

Definition
 A home visit is a professional face to face contact
made by a midwife to the patient or family to
provide necessary health care activities and to
further attain an objective of the agency.
 Made to the client or to a responsible member of
the family
Principle in Preparing for A Home Visit
Planning for a Home Visit is an essential tool in
achieving best result:

1. A home visit should have a purpose or objective

2. Planning for a home visit should make use of all
available information about the patient and their
family through family health records, knowledge of
the health center personnel, including those from
other agencies that may have rendered services to
this particular patient or family.
Principle in Preparing for A Home Visit
Planning for a Home Visit is an essential tool in achieving
best result:

3. Planning should around the essential needs of the

individual and their family but priority should be given to
those needs recognized by the family itself.

4. Planning of a continuing care should involve the

individual and their family

5. Planning should be flexible and practical

Factors to be Considered in determining the
Frequency of Home Visit

• The frequency of home visit should take into

consideration the following factors:
1. The physical, psychological and educational needs of
the individual and family.
2. The acceptance of the family for the services offered;
the willingness and interest to cooperate.
3. Take into account other health agencies and the
number of health personnel already involved in the
care of specific family.
Factors to be Considered in determining the
Frequency of Home Visit

• The frequency of home visit should take into

consideration the following factors:
4. The policy of the given agency and the emphasis
placed on a given health program.
5. A careful evaluation of past services given to a family
and how this family made use of such services.
6. The ability of the patient and their family to
recognized their own needs, their knowledge of
available resources and their abilities to use these
resources on their own accord.
Steps in Home Visit
1. Greet client or household member and introduce
yourself.
2. Explain purpose of home visit.
3. Inquire about health and welfare of client/patient
and other family members. Ask about any health
and health-related problems.
4. Place bag in a convenient place before doing bag
technique.
5. Wash hands and wear apron and put out needed
articles and/or medicines, dressing from bag
Steps in Home Visit
6. Perform physical assessment and the midwifery
care needed. If more than one member of the family
is for health supervision and care, start with the well
member to avoid transfer of infection.
7. Give the necessary health teaching and advised
based on client/patient need condition.
8. Wash Hand and close bag
9. Record findings and midwifery care given.
Steps in Home Visit
10. Make appointment either for a clinic or home
visit.
11. On Succeeding home visit and when midwife
has gained the family’s trust and confidence, the
midwife may look into more detailed aspects of the
household and surroundings and other health
problems/concerns.