40th Global Nursing Care Conference

Community Primary Care

Primary Home Care (PHC) provides non-technical, non-skilled, in-home attendant services to people who have an approved medical need for assistance with personal care tasks. PHC is available to eligible people whose health problems cause them to be functionally limited in performing activities of daily living according to a practitioner's statement of medical need. Attendants provide PHC services. The main focus of primary health care was the diagnosis and treatment of patients. When people presented with a medical problem, it was targeted for appropriate course of action for treatment or management. Significant increase in lifestyle and cultural change, early identification of risk factors and prevention initiatives are now a part of everyday practice.