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The family living the child recovery process after hospital discharge.

OBJECTIVE
to understand the meaning attributed by the family to its experience in the recovery process of a child affected by an acute disease after discharge, and to develop a theoretical model of this experience. Symbolic interactionism was adopted as a theoretical reference, and grounded theory was adopted as a methodological reference.


METHOD
data were collected through interviews and participant observation with 11 families, totaling 15 interviews. A theoretical model consisting of two interactive phenomena was formulated from the analysis: Mobilizing to restore functional balance and Suffering from the possibility of a child's readmission.


RESULTS
the family remains alert to identify early changes in the child's health, in an attempt to avoid rehospitalization.


CONCLUSION
the effects of the disease and hospitalization continue to manifest in family functioning, causing suffering even after the child's discharge and recovery.