Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants at the time of interview
|
Cottage 1 (n = 68) |
Cottage 2 (n = 58) |
Combined (n = 126) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Care recipient | |||
| Male (%) | 46.3% (32) | 62.1% (36) | 53.5% (68) |
| Age (mean, years) | 82.8 | 80.3 | 81.6 |
| Primary diagnosis of dementia | 73.5% (50) | 81% (47) | 77% (97) |
| Carer | |||
| Female (%) | 77.9% (53) | 81.0% (47) | 79.4% (100) |
| Time in role (mean, years) | 7.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| Caring status at survey (%) | |||
| Still caring at home | 39.7% (27) | 50.0% (29) | 44.4% (56) |
| Entered RACF | 32.3% (22) | 37.9% (22) | 35.0% (44) |
| CR Deceased (RACF) | 22.1% (15) | 12.1% (7) | 20.6% (22) |
| CR Deceased home/hospital/respite | 5.9% (4) | 0% (0) | 4% (4) |
| No. cottage Admissions (% carers) | (2–45 visits) | (2–82 visits) | (n = 126) |
| 2–3 | 33.8% (23) | 25.9% (15) | 30.1% (38) |
| 4–6 | 30.9% (21) | 31.0% (18) | 31.0% (39) |
| 7–10 | 16.2% (11) | 19.0% (11) | 17.5% (22) |
| ≥11 | 19.1% (13) | 24.1% (14) | 21.4% (27) |
| Use of respite services | |||
| Day centre | 54.4% (37) | 81.0% (47) | 66.6% (84) |
| In‐home (day) | 75.0% (51) | 60.3% (35) | 68.3% (86) |
| In‐home (overnight) | 13.2% (9) | 13.8% (8) | 13.5% (17) |
| Exclusively cottage | 4.4% (3) | 1.7% (1) | 3.2% (4) |
| RACF | 57.4% (39) | 48.3% (28) | 53.2% (67) |
| Respite Preference (% carers who had used both cottage and RACF respite) | (n = 39) | (n = 28) | (n = 67) |
| Cottage | 92.3% (36) | 71.4% (20) | 83.6% (56) |
| RACF | 2.6% (1) | 3.6% (1) | 2.9% (2) |
| No preference | 0.0% (0) | 10.7% (3) | 4.5% (3) |
| Don't know | 5.1% (2) | 3.6% (1) | 4.5% (3) |
| Declined to answer | 0.0% (0) | 10.7% (3) | 4.5% (3) |
Abbreviations: CR, care recipient; RACF, residential aged care facility. Refer to Table 1 for associated survey questions.