The challenges of caring for children who require complex medical care at home: ‘The go between for everyone is the parent and as the parent that’s an awful lot of responsibility’

Abstract

The burden of care on families caring for children with complex medical needs is much greater than is generally understood by either multidisciplinary health-care teams or the general public. Families need to be better prepared and supported for the responsibilities they take on and the burden of care needs to be shared by others.