The Lived Experience of Caregiving and Perception of Service Provision among Family-Caregivers of People with Late-Stage Parkinson’s: A Qualitative Study
Table 1
Participant characteristics (family-caregivers), n = 11, and characteristics of the persons with Parkinson’s they cared for.
Demographic details of participants (family-caregivers)
Gender
Women (n)
10
Men (n)
1
Relationship with person with Parkinson’s
Spouse (n)
7
Daughter (n)
3
Sister (n)
1
Living arrangements
Spouse living with a person with Parkinson’s (n)
6
Spouse living alone. Person with Parkinson’s residing in a nursing home (n)
1
Family member living separately but visiting regularly (n)
3
Family member living with a person with Parkinson’s (n)
