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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Res Gerontol Nurs. 2009 Jan;2(1):39–48. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20090101-10

Demographic Characteristics of Subjects

Qualitative Arm Full Study
n (%) n (%)
Caregiver/Care Recipient Relationship
 Wife/husband 7 (50) 21 (40)
 Husband/wife 1 (7) 6 (11)
 Daughter/mother 5 (36) 20 (38)
 Son/mother 0 3 (5)
 Son/father 0 2 (4)
 Granddaughter/grandmother 1 (7) 1 (2)

Race
 White, non-Hispanic 11 (78) 42 (79)
 African-American 2 (14) 9 (17)
 Hispanic 1 (7) 2 (4)

Type of dementia
 Alzheimer’s disease 13 (93) 41 (78)
 Vascular 1 (7) 4 (8)
 Other 0 7 (14)

Caregiver sleeping location
 Same room 5 (36) 20 (38)
 Different room 9 (64) 33 (62)`

Age M±SD
 Wives 67 ± 4.82 68 ± 7.70
 Husband 86* 78 ± 6.83
 Daughter 59 ± 6.30 49 ± 7.81
 Granddaughter 38* 38*
*

Note. n=1.