Table 1.

Background Characteristics: Persons with Memory Loss, Family Members, and Staff

	PWMLs (n = 15)		Family Members (n = 18)a		Staff (n = 6)
Variable	Mean (SD)	%	Mean (SD)	%	Mean (SD)	%
Age	86.13 (9.89)		60.38 (10.01)		44.00 (15.60)
Female		60.0%		61.1%		100.0%
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic/Latino		93.3%		100.0%		100.0%
Race: White		100.0%		100.0%		100.0%
Married/Living with partner		13.3%		58.8%		66.7%
Employed full time		-		50.0%
Average hours worked per week (staff only)					32.33
per week (staff only)					(11.89)
Living children	3.14 (2.60)		2.35 (2.26)		-
Highest level of education: High school or greater		100%	5.06 (1.20)		6.67 (0.82)
Household income: Under $29,999 annually		66.7%	8.67 (1.23)		-
Did PWML ever visit the doctor for memory concerns	-	66.7%			-
Time since first doctor visit for memory concerns (in years)	5.73 (5.95)		-		-
Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s disease or dementia		53.6%		-		-
No diagnosis reported		40.0%		-		-
St. Louis University Mental Status score	8.47 (5.78)
Length of stay (in months)	22.27 (29.12)		-		-
Time since memory symptoms first recognized (in years)	-		5.15 (4.91)		-
Kin relationship to PWML: Adult child		-		100.0%		-
Family member ever provided help to PWML due to memory loss		-		70.6%		-
Family member is primary caregiver of PWML		-		52.9%		-
Duration of care to PWML (in months)	-		82.67 (87.50)		-
Length of employment at current facility (in months)	-		-		97.16 (122.16)

NOTE: PWML = person with memory loss

^aNineteen family members completed a consent and background form for their relative, but only thirteen participated in subsequent research procedures and completed a system review checklist; 3 PWMLs resided in a nursing home unit and 12 in an assisted living/nursing home memory care unit