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Table 3 Passive variables and their categories

From: Differences and commonalities of home-based care arrangements for persons living with dementia in Germany – a theory-driven development of types using multiple correspondence analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis

Variable

Categories

care situation from the perspective of the informal carer at t0

caring at home does not work anymore

the care situation is well organised, but in case of the progression of dementia, more help is needed

the care situation is well organised; even if the dementia progresses, more help is not needed

missing

quality of life of the person with dementia at t0

range from 13 (worst quality of life) to 52 (best quality of life)

living situation of the person with dementia at t1

still private home

moved to an institutional form of living

died

missing