Mitchell, Tracy KarenBray, LucyBlake, LucyDickinson, AnnetteCarter, Bernie2023-05-112023-05-112022-06-17Health and Social Care in the Community, ISSN: 0966-0410 (Print); 1365-2524 (Online), Wiley, 30(6), e4639-e4651. doi: 10.1111/hsc.138700966-04101365-2524https://hdl.handle.net/10292/16120Technology-dependent children are a sub-population of seriously ill children with life-limiting conditions who are being cared for at home by their families. Although home-based care has been the model of care for these children since the late 1980s, there is a paucity of literature about parents' experiences of having home adaptations made to enable their home to be a place of care for their child. Using the findings from auto-driven photo-elicitation interviews conducted between August 2017 and June 2018 with 12 parents (10 mothers and 2 fathers) who have a technology-dependent child (aged 5-25 years) living in England, Scotland and Wales and David Seamon's five concepts of at-homeness (appropriation, at-easeness, regeneration, rootedness and warmth) as a conceptual framework, this paper addresses how parents' experienced home adaptations. Thematic analysis generated a meta-theme of 'Home needs to be a home for all family members' and the three key themes: (1) 'You just get told' and 'you're not involved'; (2) It's just the 'cheapest', 'quickest', 'short-term' approach; (3) Having 'control' and 'thinking things through.' The need to involve parents in decision-making about adaptations that are made to their home (family-informed design) is clear, not only from a cost-saving perspective for the state, but for creating an aesthetic and functional home that optimises health, well-being and feelings of at-homeness for the entire family.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is properly cited. © 2022 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/biotechnologyfamilies with disabled and/or chronically Ill children/young peoplehome adaptationshome caremedical homepatient-centred care4203 Health Services and Systems42 Health Sciences44 Human SocietyPediatricBehavioral and Social Science7 Management of diseases and conditions7.1 Individual care needsGeneric health relevance3 Good Health and Well Being1117 Public Health and Health Services1607 Social WorkNursing4206 Public health4409 Social workHumansPalliative CareParentsMothersTechnologyChildHome Care ServicesFemaleFemaleChildHumansParentsHome Care ServicesPalliative CareMothersJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1111/hsc.13870