Table 5.

Interviewee information (n=8).

Participant number	Demographic information	Caring situation
1	Female; age 51 years; white British	Caring for husband (age 53 years) who has frontotemporal dementia. Participant and her husband live together. Caring for approximately 21 months at time of interview.
2	Female; age 48 years; white British	Caring for mother who has a mixed diagnosis of vascular dementia and Alzheimer disease. Mother does not live with participant. Caring for approximately 29 months at time of interview.
3	Female; age 43 years; white British	Caring for father who has dementia and lives locally. Caring for approximately 28 months at time of interview.
4	Male; age 70 years; white British	Caring for wife who has vascular dementia. Participant and his wife live together. Caring for approximately 33 months at time of interview.
5	Male; age 84 years; white British	Caring for wife who has Alzheimer disease. Caring for approximately 30 months at time of interview. Wife moved into care home 1 year previous.
6	Female; age 69 years; white British	Does not consider herself a carer because husband is in the early stages of Alzheimer disease and does not require significant levels of support. At time of interview, it was approximately 29 months since memory problems began.
7	Female; age 63 years; white British	Caring for mother-in-law who lives locally and has dementia. Caring for approximately 12 months at time of interview.
8	Female; age 61 years; white British	Caring for husband who has dementia. Participant and her husband live together. Caring for approximately 18 months at the time of interview.