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Baseline Characteristics of Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia and Their Health Care Proxies (n = 189)
| Mean (SD) or % | |
|---|---|
| Residents | |
| Age (baseline) | 84.8 (7.9) |
| BANS | 20.6 (2.7) |
| White | 89.5 |
| Female | 84.1 |
| Health care proxies | |
| Age | 59.7 (12.0) |
| Relationship | |
| Offspring | 69.3 |
| Spouse | 12.2 |
| Niece or nephew | 7.9 |
| Sibling | 5.3 |
| Grandson/granddaughter | 1.0 |
| Legal guardian | 1.0 |
| Other | 3.3 |
| White | 90.5 |
| Female | 61.4 |
| Education ≥ high school | 94.5 |
SD indicates standard deviation.
