home visit

Care at residence

A home visit is a professional call made to someone's residence rather than at an office or facility.

Doctors, social workers, nurses, and salespeople all make home visits.

The term often carries clinical or official overtones: Child protective services conducted a home visit.

In healthcare, home visits allow providers to assess living conditions and provide care to those who can't easily travel.

Opposites
location of service

home visitoffice visit

Scheduled healthcare appointment

hospital visit · institutional care · inpatient care

direction of travel

home visitclient visit

Patron coming to meet

mode of interaction

home visittelehealth visit

Remote medical appointment online

virtual consultation · video call · remote consultation · online appointment

Family

home, visit, visitor, visiting, homes, homely, visited, homeland, homer

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