Table 3.
Sample Characteristics
| Family Members (n=15) | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 9 |
| Male | 6 |
| Relation to person with dementia | |
| Partner | 9 |
| Son/Daughter | 3 |
| Sibling | 3 |
| Living together with the person with dementia | |
| Partner | 8 |
| Son/Daughter | 0 |
| Sibling | 0 |
| Age at time of diagnosis (average and range) | 52 (22–69) |
| Partners | 56 (51–69) |
| Son/Daughter | 29 (22–37) |
| Siblings | 63 (61–66) |
| Occupation at time of diagnosis | |
| Working full-time | 8 |
| Working part-time | 4 |
| Student | 2 |
| Retired | 1 |
| Persons with dementia (n=13)* | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 6 |
| Male | 7 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 9 |
| Frontotemporal dementia | 2 |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff’s syndrome | 2 |
| Age at time of diagnosis (average and range) | 56 (50–63) |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 56 (52–61) |
| Frontotemporal dementia | 61 (59–63) |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff’s syndrome | 50 (50–50) |
Note: *Three participants were family members of the same person with dementia.