Table 2.

Topic labels, key terms, and descriptions from each topic, along with the topic counts and frequency^a (N=3028).

Topic, topic name, and description				Topic count, n (%)		Key terms
Theme 1: expressing feelings
	T1	Expressing feelings: discussing feelings about circumstances, including sadness, guilt, helplessness, frustration, stress, and anger.	2178 (71.93)		“just, like, feel, know, things, really, time, feel like, want, does, life, think, make, say, day, hard, people feeling”
Theme 2: seeking advice and support
	T4	Seeking advice and support: asking for advice in dealing with circumstances, often in the form of questions.	1982 (65.46)		“help, advice, need, does, house, needs, getting, need help, refuses, family, lives, want, health, trying, live, suggestions, looking, support”
Theme 3: health and medical concerns
	T2	Duration of medical care: discussing the care recipient’s health or behavioral issues, or the need for long-term medical care.	1954 (64.53)		“did, said, hospital, told, days, got, doctor, ago, went, day, today, weeks, week, going, months, called, hospice, just, years, took”
	T9	Dementia: seeking or providing information about dementia	1605 (53.01)		“dementia, family, people, loved, diagnosed, people dementia, vascular dementia, vascular, caregivers, person, diagnosed dementia”
	T7	Alzheimer: seeking or providing information about Alzheimer disease	1584 (52.31)		“alzheimer, early, onset, early onset, disease, diagnosed, onset alzheimer, early onset alzheimer, diagnosis, years, stage, experience, memory”
	T3	Aging and declining health of parents: discussing the aging and the declining health status of parents	1572 (51.92)		“parents, aging, parent, health, life, years, live, aging parents, care, elderly, old, support, time, don, kids, issues, love, age, mental, situation”
	T8	Sleep and incontinence: discussing sleep problems in general, or specifically incontinence.	1536 (50.73)		“bed, sleep, night, day, time, hours, door, room, toilet, does, bathroom, sleeping, gets, goes, sleeps, walk, wake, fall, diaper, incontinence”
	T12	Medical appointments: discussing different types of medical appointments and experiences with such appointments	1082 (35.73)		“appointment, make, doctor, make appointment, bad, make doctor, said make appointment, memory gotten really, just yelled, make”
Theme 4: care facilities and services
	T6	Memory care facility: discussing memory care facilities for the care recipient, often seeking recommendations for such facilities, or describing their experiences with facilities	1396 (46.10)		“care, memory care, memory, facility, care facility, memory care facility, facilities, needs, need, area, elder, home care, residents, unit”
	T11	Nursing home: discussing nursing home for the care recipient, often seeking recommendations for such facilities, or describing their experiences with facilities	1221 (40.32)		“home, nursing, nursing home, care, hospital, home care, medicaid, homes, rehab, nursing homes, home health, work, health, pay”
	T10	Assisted-living facility: discussing assisted-living facilities, often seeking recommendations for such facilities, or describing their experiences with facilities.	1160 (38.31)		“living, assisted living, assisted, facility, living facility, assisted living facility, independent living”
Theme 5: care recipients and family relationships
	T14	Parents (mom): mentioning issues in dealing with mom	1571 (51.88)		“mom, sister, caregiver, dog, live, brother, care mom, care, mom, job, dad, mom does, best, mom diagnosed, taking, getting, don, moms, work, hours”
	T16	Parents (mother): mentioning issues in dealing with mother	1534 (50.66)		“mother, sister, father, years, time, year, law, away, lives, old, year old, died, siblings, cat, family, passed, brother, care mother, come, mother law”
	T15	Parents (dad): mentioning issues in dealing with dad	1525 (50.36)		“dad, mum, brother, home, years, just, want, does, months, help dad, ago, mom dad, dad does, live, care dad, angry, old, father, point, away”
	T18	Grandparents: mentioning grandparents in general, or specific grandparents, often talking about their health problems.	1178 (38.90)		“grandma, grandpa, grandparents, aunt, grandmother, family, uncle, want, know, care grandma, does, live, home, help grandma”
Theme 6: financial, legal, and insurance issues
	T5	Finances: discussing finance-related matters, such as bills or handling of the ward’s assets. Many also mention power of attorney.	1348 (44.52)		“money, account, bank, poa, card, pay, house, attorney, credit, financial, power, finances, power attorney, trust”
	T19	Long-term care insurance: discussing long-term care insurance, often asking for recommendations for long-term care insurance providers.	1182 (39.04)		“term, long term, long-term care, term care, long, insurance, care, term care insurance, care insurance, insurance, policy”
Theme 7: technological issues
	T13	Cell phone and devices: discussing phones and related devices, descriptions of difficulties encountered by the care recipient in using such devices, and requests for recommendations of devices.	1605 (53.01)		“phone, use, hearing, alert, elderly, looking, recommendations, device, app, cell, aids, hearing aids, watch, cell phone, devices”

^aFrequency refers to the percentage of posts with nonzero weights for that topic.