From: Health care transitions for persons living with dementia and their caregivers
Participant Characteristics (N = 41, in 12 dyad and 17 individual interviews; n = 29 for persons with dementia who were represented in the interviews*) | |
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Mean (min, max) | |
Age | |
Persons with dementia | 78 (min: 58, max: 94) |
Caregivers | 69 (min: 56, max: 80) |
N (%) | |
Participant Type | |
Persons with dementia | 12 (29.3) |
Caregivers | 29 (70.7) |
Gender | |
Persons with dementia- Women | 6 (20.7) |
Persons with dementia- Men | 23 (79.3) |
Caregivers- Women | 25 (86.2) |
Caregivers- Men | 4 (13.8) |
Relationship of Caregivers to Person with Dementia | |
Son | 1 (3.4) |
Husband | 3 (10.4) |
Daughter | 4 (13.8) |
Wife | 21 (72.4) |
Types of Dementia Diagnosed | |
Lewy Bodies | 1 (3.4) |
Parkinson’s | 1 (3.4) |
Fronto-temporal | 2 (6.9) |
Mild Cognitive Impairment | 2 (6.9) |
Mixed | 3 (10.4) |
Vascular | 4 (13.8) |
Alzheimer’s | 8 (27.6) |
Non-specified | 8 (27.6) |
Number of chronic conditions of persons with dementia | |
0–1 | 15 (51.7) |
2–3 | 5 (17.2) |
4–5 | 5 (17.2) |
6+ | 4 (13.8) |