Abstract Objective To develop an educational booklet on caring for children with tracheostomies at home. Methods This is a methodological study carried out in 2024 and 2025 in four stages: conceptualization; development; implementation; and assessment. Assessment was carried out by specialists, stomal therapy nurses and nurses from the pediatric, home care and outpatient units of the Universidade de São Paulo University Hospital. After adjustments suggested by specialists, it was assessed by users, family members of children with tracheostomies. Family members […]

Abstract Objective To describe the experience of a family caregiver of a child with a tracheostomy at home. Methods Descriptive research of qualitative approach with five family caregiver in a municipality in the North of Santa Catarina State (Brazil) on the year 2018. The data were collected through interviews and analyzed according to a thematic analysis. Results Six thematic categories were created: experiencing the delivery of news: the necessity of performing a tracheostomy in their child; receiving training and orientation […]