From: Informal and formal care among persons with dementia immediately before nursing home admission
Family caregiver’s relation to patient, n (%) | |
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- spouse | 81 (21.4) |
- child | 255 (67.3) |
- others | 43 (11.3) |
Age, mean (SD) | |
- spouse-carers | 77.7 (7.6) |
- child-carers | 57.4 (8.9) |
Gender, n (%) female | 228 (60.2) |
Co-resident, n (%) yes | 105 (26.6) |
Employed, n (%) yes | 194 (54.2) |
Hours worked per week if in paid work, mean (SD) | 34.9 (10.3) |
Carers that lost working hours due to care tasks, n (%) | 60 (30.8) |
Mean hours lost per week, if reporting lost hours (SD) | 11.2 (9.6) |
Care benefit as part of paid work, n (%) yes | 8 (4.0) |
Mean hours care benefit per week, if receiving care benefit, mean (SD) | 7.6 (5.6) |
Number of additional care providers, n (%) | |
- 0 | 183 (46.3) |
- 1 | 172 (43.5) |
- 2 | 28 (7.1) |
- 3 | 12 (3.7) |
Additional care providers’ relation to patients, n (%) | |
- family | 154 (72.6) |
- relatives | 29 (13.7) |
- friends | 15 (7.1) |
- neighbours | 22 (10.4) |
- others | 44 (20.8) |