Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Caregivers and Persons Living with Dementia

	FamTechCare		Attention Control
Caregiver
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)
Age	42	64.6 (12.2)	41	63.9 (13.7)
Number of years as caregiver	41	4.4 (3.0)	41	3.8 (3.5)
	n	%3	n	%3
Gender
Female	30	71.4	29	70.7
Male	12	28.6	12	29.3
Race
White	37	88.1	40	97.6
African American	4	9.5	1	2.4
More than one race	1	2.4	0	0.0
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic/Latino	41	97.6	37	90.2
Unknown/Not reported	1	2.4	4	9.8
Relationship to PLWD1
Spouse	29	69.1	26	63.4
Child/Spouse of child	12	28.6	15	36.6
Other2	1	2.4	0	0.0
Education level
Less than Bachelor’s degree	19	45.2	15	36.6
Bachelor’s degree	13	31.0	20	48.8
Master’s degree or higher	10	23.8	6	14.6
Persons Living with Dementia
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)
Age	39	75.5 (9.7)	32	75.9 (9.3)
	n	%3	n	%3
Gender
Male	24	61.5	18	56.3
Female	15	38.5	14	43.8
Race
White	37	94.9	31	96.9
African American	2	5.1	1	3.1
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic/Latino	38	97.4	29	90.6
Unknown/Not reported	1	2.6	3	9.4
Education level
Less than Bachelor’s degree	22	56.4	17	53.1
Bachelor’s degree	5	12.8	9	28.1
Master’s degree or higher	12	30.8	6	18.8
Type of dementia
Alzheimer’s disease	21	53.9	16	50.0
Other diagnosed dementia	15	38.5	9	28.1
Unknown	3	7.7	7	21.9
Dementia Stage (FAST)
Incipient	0	0.0	1	3.1
Mild	10	25.6	10	31.3
Moderate	7	18.0	6	18.8
Moderately severe	21	53.9	15	46.9
Severe	1	2.6	0	0.0

Note.

¹PLWD = person living with dementia;

²Other relationship with the person with dementia was girlfriend;

³Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding.