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Table 1 Participant demographics and characteristics

From: Influencers on quality of life as reported by people living with dementia in long-term care: a descriptive exploratory approach

Gender & code

Age

MMSE score

Diagnosis

Time in facility

Mobility

Main comorbidities

Visitors (frequency of visits)

Male R1

93

17

AD

11 months

Assisted transferring & locomotion

Confusion, Angina, Hypertension

Wife (daily); daughter (weekly)

Female R2

96

24

Unspecified dementia

7 y, 2 m

Supervised transferring & locomotion

Hearing impairment & cataracts

Daughter (weekly)

Male R3

95

17

Unspecified dementia

1y, 7 m

Assisted transferring & locomotion

Depression, anxiety, deafness & confusion

Son (daily)

Female R4

83

22

VD

9 m

Assisted transferring & locomotion

Diabetes (Type 2), hypertension, OA, GORD

Daughter (weekly); Son (monthly)

Female R5

86

19

Unspecified

3y, 8 m

Assisted transferring & supervised locomotion

Depression, Hypertension, Sciatica

Daughter (weekly)

Female R6

105

16

Unspecified

7y, 1 m

Mechanically assisted transferring & assisted locomotion

Diabetes (unspecified), renal failure, blindness from glaucoma

Daughter (less than monthly)

Female R7

90

17

AD

11 m

Independent

Paranoid states; OA; Hypertension; Macular degeneration; History of overdose

No visitors (poor relationship with family)

Female R8

86

18

VD

1y, 4 m

Uses walker, needs assistance

NIDDM; OA; Hypertension; CORD

Son & daughter (weekly); Friends & other relatives

Female R9

81

24

AD & VD

1y, 5 m

Uses walker, minimal assistance

Back pain; Dizziness; Hypertension; OA

Daughter (2–3 times/week); Son (weekly); Friends occasionally

Male R10

73

22

AD

2y, 9 m

Recent fall – requires assistance

Falls; depression; Stress incontinence; NIDDM

Wife (weekly); daughter, son, sister, grandchildren (fortnightly)

Female R11

93

22

AD

5y, 6 m

Uses walker, minimal assistance

Neurotic/stress related disorder; Depression; OA

Son & daughter in-law (weekly)

Female R12

87

20

AD

7 m

Independent

OA; Pain; Circulatory disease

Husband (2–3 times/week); Son (weekly)

  1. AD = Alzheimer’s disease.
  2. VD = Vascular dementia.