The patient profile that ESAD attends to is mainly those requiring palliative care.
Between January and November of this year, 1,224 cases have been attended to.
The Mallorca Primary Care Home Care Support Team (ESAD) is 25 years old. Located in the Basic Health Unit Es Molinar, it began its activity in October 1999 and since then it has been providing specific palliative care at home to patients who need it, attending to their relatives and carers and supporting the primary care teams that refer each patient.
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The Home Care Support Team (ESAD) celebrates its 25th birthday
The Regional Minister of Health, Manuela García, accompanied by the director general of the Health Service, Javier Ureña, and the deputy director of Primary Care and Outpatient Emergency Care, Patricia Lorente, visited the home care support team (ESAD) to mark the anniversary of its start-up. The visit was also attended by the manager of Primary Care in Mallorca, Carlos Raduán; the deputy director of the Ponent Health Sector, Montse Llort; and the ESAD coordinator, Patricia Bassante.
The patient profile that ESAD attends to is mainly those who require palliative care (whether they are cancer patients or not) although they can also attend to cases of patients who are not strictly palliative, but who require a complex approach in the home environment. This device carries out a multidimensional assessment that explores the physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects, with special attention to a model based on dignity, to achieve a respectful, warm and close environment.
Between January and November of this year, the ESAD has attended to 1,224 cases, of which 1,049 have been closed, i.e. patients who died or were discharged. In 2023, 1,389 cases were treated and 1,072 were closed.
The average age of the patient is 77.6 years 51% are men and 49% are women. In 75.3 % of the cases, they are oncological patients. Fifty-eight per cent of patients are referred from hospitals, 28% from primary care, and the rest from other healthcare facilities.
The ESAD has eight care teams made up of a doctor and a nurse, as well as an administrative assistant and a psychologist. They provide care every day of the week, including holidays, from 8 am to 8 pm. In addition, an ESAD professional is on call at night (from 8 pm to 8 am), at the disposal of 061 and the SUAP and PAC for advice on reported cases. This makes it possible to increase the quality of care for patients included in the programme by improving continuity: improvement in the monitoring and adequacy of the care response required.