Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of care recipients (N = 13)
Characteristic | Care recipient diagnosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dementia (n = 7) | Hip fracture (n = 6) | |||
Demographics | ||||
 Age, years (Mean, SD) | 85.5 | 7.5 | 86.5 | 3.9 |
Gender (n, %) | ||||
 Male | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
 Female | 7 | 100 | 5 | 83.3 |
Marital status (n, %) | ||||
 Single | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
 Married | 3 | 42.8 | 1 | 16.7 |
 Widowed | 4 | 57.2 | 4 | 66.6 |
Education (n, %) | ||||
 Elementary school | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 16.7 |
 College/University | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 66.6 |
 Graduate school | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 16.7 |
Clinical characteristics | ||||
 ADLs (Mean, SD) | 75 | 32 | 56.6 | 20.8 |
 MMSE score (Mean, SD) | 16.29 | 9.4 | 16.3 | 7.6 |
Type of dementia (n, %) | ||||
 Degenerative (Alzheimer’s disease) | 5 | 71.4 | – | – |
 Vascular | 1 | 14.3 | – | – |
 Other (mixed) | 1 | 14.3 | – | – |