Table 1.

Details of focus group participants

Identifying Number	Type of participants	Number of participants	Location of focus group
FG 1	Carers	1 Focus group (FG) with 8 participants (5 male, 3 female)	Dementia cafe run by Alzheimer's Society
Interview 1 and interview 2	Carers	2 Interviews (2 female carers)	Day hospital (ran support services for patients and carers)
FG2	PWD (and their carers)	1 Focus group (FG) with 2 PWD (one male, one female) and their carers (1 spouse, 1 adult daughter)	Day hospital (ran support services for patients and carers)
Int 3	PWD (and their carer)	1 Couple interview (male with dementia + spouse)	Day hospital (ran support services for patients and carers)
FG 3	Service providers	1 Focus group with 6 participants (3 female, 3 male) Included 1 county council commissioning manager, two representatives from voluntary organizations, 3 health‐care professionals working with people with mental health problems including dementia	University
FG 4	Older people without dementia	1 Focus group with 5 participants (3 female, 2 male) – recruited via local community group	University