Abstract
The present study aimed to clarify the process by which parents with children requiring long-term medical care accept the child's home care, and their related feelings. A modified grounded theory approach was used to investigate 6 consenting parents with children requiring medical care. The process of accepting home care was found to comprise 9 categories and 24 concepts. Through participating in the child's medical care, parents were able to 'resolve to work with the child requiring medical care' and 'view medical care as one part of child rearing.' Reviewing relationships with the child as an issue for the whole family, including themselves, spouse and siblings, while considering home lifestyle to hospital discharge generated 'wavering resolve regarding living with a child requiring medical care' in parents. However, 'resolve to live in society with children requiring care solidified following discharge'.
