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Table 2 Main category, generic categories, and sub-categories

From: Until death do us part Adult children’s perspective of their parents’ transition from living at home to moving into a nursing home and the time after death

Until death do us part

Living at home

Living at a nursing home

Time after death

Feeling guilty about one’s shortcomings

Finding out one’s new role

Leaving the caregiving identity

Distrusting formal care

Getting to know the system

Losing close relations

Facing a worsening condition

Dying with dignity