Table 1.

Caregiving Stage, Worried Caregivers (n = S3), and Exemplars.

	Early stage	Middle stage	Late stage	Totals
Low  acculturation	2 We're worried about  what we are going  to do with my father  ... many, many  lamentations.	1 I don't tell him but  [my husband] tells  me, "Sometimes  you are too  worried" ... I feel  my heart pounding  every time I worry.	19 We all worry about  the way we care  for her. She can't  miss any meds ...  that is my biggest  worry. The more  people involved  ... the more  confusion.	22
Nursing home  admissions	1 I permanent: safety  and relationship  concerns
Moderate  acculturation	2 I'm very worried  because he is  forgetting; his mind  is not helping him at  all. He doesn't know  what day is today.  Just as if I were  dealing with a child 4  or 5 years of age.	2 We have to have  a protocol when  something happens  and that's one thing  I've been worrying  about ... it worries  me a great deal. I'm  worried now and I  worried then.	22 I was worried.  I feel more  comfortable if I  take her to the  bathroom and  take her back  to sit down.  Otherwise,  I would be  worried.	26
Nursing home  admissions			3 I temporary:  hospital/rehab  2 deaths: hospice
High  acculturation	1 [I have headaches] I'm  worried ... [about]  everything. I just  worry a lot.	2 Sometimes I start  worrying about  things and then I  stop because I really  believe that God  makes the best  decisions.	2 I worry because  she can fall ...  What worries me  the most is that  her sugar might  drop too low in  the night.	5
Nursing home  admissions	1 I permanent: 24 hr/  day needs Total 5/17	Total 5/13	1 I temporary:  hospital/rehab Total 43/86	Total 53