TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of family carers and care home staff

	Family carers (n = 26)	Care home staff (n = 16)	Total sample (n = 42)
N (%)
Gender
Female	18 (69.2%)	13 (81.3%)	31 (73.8%)
Male	8 (30.8%)	3 (18.8%)	11 (26.3%)
Ethnicity
White British	22 (84.6%)	13 (81.3%)	35 (56.5%)
White Other	2 (7.7%)	1 (6.3%)	3 (4.8%)
BAME	2 (7.7%)	1 (6.3%)	3 (4.8%)
Prefer not to say		1 (6.3%)	1 (1.6%)
Relationship with PLWD
Spouse	9 (34.6%)
Partner	1 (3.8%)
Adult child	16 (61.5)
Dementia subtype
Alzheimer's disease	8 (30.8%)
Mixed dementia	2 (7.7%)
Vascular dementia	4 (15.4%)
Lewy Body dementia	6 (23.1%)
Other	2 (7.7%)
Unknown	4 (15.4%)
IMD quintile a
1 (least disadvantaged)	11 (42.3%)	3 (23.1%)	14 (43.8%)
2	4 (14.5%)	3 (23.1%)	2 (21.9%)
3	0	3 (23.1%)	3 (9.4%)
4	3 (11.5%)	1 (7.7%)	4 (12.5%)
5 (most disadvantaged)	1 (3.8%)	3 (23.1%)	4 (12.5%)
Job role
Activity coordinator		1 (6.3%)
Care home liaison		1 (6.3%)
Care quality		1 (6.3%)
Care assistant		4 (25.0%)
Senior care assistant		2 (12.5)
Night care assistant		1 (6.3%)
Housekeeper		1 (6.3%)
Matron		1 (6.3%)
Manager		4 (25.0%)
M (SD), [range]
Age b	62.3 (±9.5) [42–89]	41.8 (±16.6) [18–62]	54.8 (±15.9) [18–89]
Years of education	17.9 (±2.9) [11–23]	15.7 (±2.7) [11–20]	17.1 (±3.0) [11–23]
Care home capacity	41.5 (±17.4) [18–76]	42.2 (±15.8) [12–64]	41.7 (±16.6) [12–76]
Years working in a care home		9.3 (±10.6) [1–35]
Years since dementia diagnosis	6.7 (±3.6) [2–16]
Years (PLWD) residing in a care home	2.7 (±2.1) [1–10]

Abbreviation: BAME, black and minority ethnic; IMD, index of multiple deprivation; PLWD, people living with dementia.

^a n = 4 missing data (IMD not generated from provided postcodes).

^b n = 1 care home staff = prefer not to say.