Abstract

Home health care is a kind of health care provided in the home which is provided by licensed caregiver’s professionals who provide medical treatment needs. So the current study aimed to identify the challenges faced by health care provider for home health care among elderly in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Descriptive design was used for this study among 100 home health care provider. A self-administered questionnaire was used after testing reliability and validity. The result revealed that 77% of the study sample was nurses and 68% was female. Majority of the respondents agree that Saudi community needs home health care. Support from Government agencies and insurance companies for home health care provider considered to be the most challenging. The study found that there was a high statistical significant difference in attitudes between the two groups of health care providers (Gender and Marital status) (with P value 0.10, 0.00 respectively). Home health care in Saudi Arabia is a significant need that merits support and attention.

Keywords: Home health care; Elderly; Challenges; Care givers