[Considerations on home care in Greece, Italy and Albania: similarities and differences]

Home care is the total of services of healthcare that a patient can receive in his house. Home care is a rapidly developing sector of sanitary care. Its growth is mainly due to the continuous increase of the percentage of old individuals in almost all countries of the world and at the same time is due to the need for reduction of the cost of acute or urgent healthcare. Aim of home healthcare is the provision of nursing care of high quality under medical follow-up and at the same time the provision of social and psychological support of the patient and his family. Home Care is widely widespread all over the world. Almost all countries apply some of its form, according to the organization of sanitary services of the country, the level of provided social support, its economic situation and all the other social and humanitarian particularities. The present work is focused in the analytic description of organization and operation of home service in the Health Care Systems of Greece, Italy and Albania.