Table 1.

Baseline Caregiver Descriptive Context of Care Characteristics (N = 30)

Caregiver Demographics	n (%)
Female	25 (83.3%)
Age, M (SD)	60.79 (11.97)
Caucasian	29 (96.7%)
Married	24 (80.0%)
Number of living children, M (SD)	1.86 (1.27)
Bachelor’s degree or higher	20 (66.7%)
Annual income of $80,000 or more	10 (33.3%)
Employed	12 (40.0%)
Spouse of care recipient	15 (50.0%)*
Adult child of care recipient	13 (43%)*
Months providing help to the care recipient, M (SD)	42.70 (25.21)
Primary Objective Stressors	M (SD)
Activities of daily living dependencies	2.57 (2.97)
Instrumental activities of daily living dependencies	11.23 (4.06)
St. Louis University Mental Status score	11.23 (7.80)
Cognitive impairment	2.54 (0.72)
Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist - Frequency	1.53 (0.57)
Resources
Caregiver self-efficacy	28.37 (6.36)
Caregiver Short Sense of Competence Questionnaire	23.93 (5.60)
Caregiver Distress
Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist - Reaction	1.05 (0.60)
Zarit Burden Inventory	37.70 (13.34)
Role captivity	9.23 (2.78)
Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression	30.43 (9.07)

Note: M (SD) = Mean (Standard deviation)

^*The remaining caregivers were the daughter- or son-in-law of the care recipient, n=1 (3%), or indicated “other”, n = 1 (3%).