Table 1 Interview guide summary (Supplementary file 1)

• What was bothersome, rewarding, difficult by caring for the cancer patient at home?

• Why did you choose to care for the patient at home?

• What made you as a caregiver feel secure or insecure?

• What was demanding?

• What kind of expectation did you have?

• How was the access to HCS and was this a problem?

• Did you get support from others, and was this support crucial for caring for the patient at home?

• What kind of support was most important?

• Did you talk about death and preferences?

• Was home death important for you and for the patient? Was the decision difficult?

• How did you experience HCS?

• What kind of offers and information did you get from HCS?

• What was/ would have been the most important factors to take the patient home to die?