Assistência domiciliar no SUS: reflexões sobre o acesso aos serviços com base nas condições de saneamento básico da população idosa

Abstract

Introduction: the family background has an important role in the aging process, and in cases where the elderly are dependent, appears the figure of a caregiver. One possibility to take care of the fragile elderly and to support their informal caregivers is Home Care (HC). Some possible advantages of this model are: the improvement of the quality of life and the satisfaction of the users, the stimulus to family and professional bonds, the reduction of overhead costs, dehospitalization, the increase in security, multiprofessional work, and the change in the pattern of cartesian care in the current health system. However, the homes sanitary conditions are often incompatible for the deployment of HC in accordance with the requirements of resolution of ANVISA no. 11 of 01/2006. In this way, this study suggests to analyze the access of elderly population to the services of home care in the public sector on the basis of the conditions of sanitation and housing, and propose a definition for the areas of coverage of Multidisciplinary Team of Home care (MTHC) for the city of Juiz de Fora (MG). Methodology: this study used the results of the 2010 census and the data on the coverage of health services by the municipality. It was created a nominal variable dichotomous that represented the minimum requirements for the implementation of the Home Care Services (HCS) according to the legal framework (households appropriate and inappropriate). It was considered the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of individuals, the conditions of sanitation and housing and the coverage by health services. From this, it was performed a bivariate analysis of the home conditions for HC and the other variables, in addition to a territorial distribution of the results by means of geoprocessing. Results: the home conditions unsuitable for HC accounted for 15.1 % of all households with elderly and were associated with the colors of the black and mulatto, male sex, age greater than 90 years, basic functional incapacity, low income and low level of education. The proportion of households suitable was greater in the central regions, as well as the provision of hospital services. The coverage by the Family Health Strategy was greater in regions of the periphery. The territorial division proposal for MTHC maintained the characteristics of population groups that comprised the areas of coverage. Conclusion: although the principles and guidelines of HCS emphasized the expansion of access, this is still conditioned by sanitary conditions and substandard housing for the elderly population. For that the HC is inserted effectively in the context of public health, we must prioritize intersectoriality by means of improving the basic conditions of sanitation and housing, socio-economic inequalities and access to various levels of health services, in order to offer a comprehensive and universal care by Unified Health System.