Table 1.

Study Demographic Information

Demographic Information
	Patient N=19	Caregiver n=19	Nurse N=19
	n	n	n
Gender
Male	16	3	0
Female	3	16	19
Ethnicity
Hispanic	3	3	1
Non-Hispanic	16	16	18
Race
White	19	19	18
Native American	0	0	1
Nursing Education
Associate	–	–	14
Bachelors	–	–	4
Annual Household Income
$10,000–24,999	–	4	–
$25,000–39,999	–	2	–
$40,000–59,999	–	6	–
$50,000–74,999	–	2	–
$75,000 or more	–	4	–
Declined to answer	–	1	–
Employment
Not working	–	13	–
Part-time	–	4	–
Full time	–	2	–
Self-reported Health
Excellent	–	2	–
Very good	–	9	–
Average	–	4	–
Poor	–	4	–
Very Poor	–	0	–
Primary Insurance
Private	3	–	–
Medicaid	1	–	–
Medicare	13	–	–
Other (e.g. TriCare)	2	–	–
	M (Range)	M (Range)	M (Range)
Age (years)
	72.2 (53–87)	68.1 (50–83)	42.5 (28–58)
Length of Relationship (years)
	35.9 (2–65)		–
Days in Hospice
	82.6 (21–314)		–
Hospice Nursing Experience (years)	–		6.2 (<1–21)