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Table 3.

Coding Hierarchy and Ranking of Theme Frequency for Total and Per Disease Stage.

Parent Code	Child Code (“Themes”)	#^a	%^b	Mild^a	Mod^a	Severe^a
Benefits caregiver	Relationship	37	4.1	20	8	0
Benefits caregiver	Respite	23	2.5	10	5	6
Benefits PWD	Connection	178	19.6	106	53	8
	Stimulation: cognition	141	15.6	49	80	16
	Stimulation: change of pace	85	9.4
	Sense of self: internal	124	13.7	84	41	4
	Sense of self: external	51	5.6
	Enjoyment	95	10.5	28	26	5
	Health	88	9.7	29	27	4
	Independence/Coping	64	7.1	20	18	6
Negative experience	Difficult for PWDs	87	9.6	37	17	3
	PWD uninterested	79	8.7	4	17	14
	Difficult for caregiver/others	37	4.1	9	14	1
	No meaning for PWDs	35	3.9	9	8	3

Abbreviation: PWD, person with dementia.

^a Number of times the theme appeared in the data.

^b Percentages represent number of times a theme was coded in the data divided by the total number of caregiver respondents (N = 906).