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‘It doesn't feel like our house anymore’: The impact of medical technology upon life at home for families with a medically complex, technology-dependent child

Mitchell, Tracy Karen; Bray, Lucy; Blake, Lucy; Dickinson, Annette; Carter, Bernie

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Tracy Karen Mitchell

Lucy Bray

Annette Dickinson

Bernie Carter



Abstract

The study aimed to identify how medical technology impacts upon the home and life at home. Inductive auto-driven photo-elicitation or semi-structured interviews were conducted with technology-dependent children/young people (n = 2) and their family members (n = 15) from 10 families. Thematic analysis generated three themes: Altered physicality and look of the home; Altered sounds in the home; and ‘It's worth it! Technology enables us to stay as a family’. Fundamentally, the detrimental impacts of living with medical technology were perceived as worth it as these enabled their child to be at home. Home was not home, and families were incomplete without their child at home.

Citation

Mitchell, T. K., Bray, L., Blake, L., Dickinson, A., & Carter, B. (2022). ‘It doesn't feel like our house anymore’: The impact of medical technology upon life at home for families with a medically complex, technology-dependent child. Health and Place, 74, Article 102768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102768

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 14, 2022
Online Publication Date Feb 23, 2022
Publication Date 2022-03
Deposit Date Feb 28, 2022
Publicly Available Date Aug 24, 2023
Journal Health & Place
Print ISSN 1353-8292
Electronic ISSN 1873-2054
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 74
Article Number 102768
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102768
Keywords Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Geography, Planning and Development; Health (social science)
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9081314

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