Table 2 Themes and subthemes
Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|
Decision-making about home-based palliative care | Understanding disease progress |
Possibilities and benefits of home-based palliative care | |
Improving patient’s quality of life | Improving care ability |
Assistance of professionals | |
Signs of final hours and funeral procedures | Learning about signs of final hours |
Learning about funeral procedures | |
Balancing between self-care and patient care | Prioritizing patient’s caring |
Striving to maintain the normal life as individual | |
Making room for coming death | Preparing for impending death |
Facing death indirectly | |
“Rescuing” for consolation |