Table 2.

Brief demographic details with outcome summaries

ID	Age	Gender	Diagnosis	MMSE	Carer age	Outcome summary
Those who completed:
1	73	Male	VD	15	73	Dementia-related deterioration, minor improvements to care recipient’s PSQI and actigraphic sleep
2	82	Male	VD	13	74	Dementia-related deterioration, PSQI improved for both
3	72	Male	AD	14	71	Good quality sleep at onset, minor improvement to care recipient’s PSQI
4	76	Male	Undefined	23	74	Good quality sleep at onset, no improvements observed, care recipient had marked daytime sleepiness
5	82	Male	LBD	5	68	Marked improvements to both subjective and actigraphic sleep variables as well as waking function of care recipient
6	83	Female	Undefined	27	46	Minor subjective and actigraphic improvements to sleep, however carer reported deterioration to care recipient’s sleep
7	73	Female	AD	16	78	Good quality sleep at onset, no improvements observed
8	66	Male	AD	18	67	Good sleep quality at onset, no improvements observed. Struggled with protocol
9	80	Male	VD	7	54	Minor improvements to actigraphic sleep of both. Carer reported stress and sleep disturbed by care recipient
Those who withdrew:
10	80	Female	AD	21	81	Withdrew due to care recipient moving into care home at end of week 1
11	72	Male	AD	13	68	Withdrew as care recipient admitted to hospital
12	88	Male	MCI	29	75	Withdrew after losing motivation after period of respite care
13	83	Female	VD	20	82	Withdrew at the end of week 1, sleep not considered problematic enough
14	89	Female	Undefined	23	55	Withdrew as intervention protocol considered too stressful
15	73	Male	VD	28	55	Withdrew during week 1 due to care recipient moving into care facility after a fall

Abbreviations: VD vascular dementia, AD Alzheimer’s disease, LBD Lewy body dementia, MCI mild cognitive impairment, undefined type of dementia unknown/not specified in diagnosis, MMSE Mini-Mental Status Exam, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index