Table 1 Demographic and caregiving characteristics of family caregivers (N = 13)
Characteristic | Care recipient diagnosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dementia (n = 7) | Hip fracture (n = 6) | |||
Demographics | ||||
 Age, years (Mean, SD) | 64.2 | 15.7 | 66 | 18.4 |
Gender (n, %) | ||||
 Male | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 16.7 |
 Female | 3 | 42.9 | 5 | 83.3 |
Marital status (n, %) | ||||
 Single | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 16.7 |
 Married | 5 | 71.4 | 5 | 83.3 |
 Widowed | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Education (n, %) | ||||
 Elementary school | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
 College/University | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 100 |
 Graduate school | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Employed full-time (n, %) | ||||
 Yes | 7 | 100 | 5 | 83.3 |
 No | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
Relationship with care recipient (n, %) | ||||
 Spouse | 2 | 28.4 | 2 | 33.4 |
 Son | 3 | 43.0 | 4 | 66.6 |
 Daughter | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Daughter-in-law | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Caregiving | ||||
 Length of caregiving, years (Mean, SD) | 4.4 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 8.1 |
 Daily caregiving hours (Mean, SD) | 7.2 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 11.7 |
 Number of community services (Mean, SD) | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Residing full-time with care recipient | ||||
 Yes | 6 | 85.7 | 6 | 100 |
 No | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |