Carers (focus group 1), n = 8 | Carers (focus group 4), n = 6 | Older adults (focus group 2), n = 11 | Older adults (focus group 3), n = 3 | |
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Residence (of participant or participant’s care recipient) | Community | Residential aged care facility | Community | Retirement village |
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Age, years (mean ± SD) | 70.3 ± 8.3 | 79.0 ± 6.3 | 79.4 ± 6.0 | 79.0 ± 1.0 |
Age of care recipient, years (mean ± SD) | 89.1 ± 11.5 | 85.2 ± 5.7 | ||
Number of medications of self or care recipient, (mean ± SD) | 7.0 ± 5.2 | 3.4 ± 1.5 | 3.4 ± 2.0 | 5.3 ± 4.0 |
Sex, (n female/n male) | 5/3 | 6/0 | 4/7 | 2/1 |
Comorbidities, % (n) of self or care recipient | ||||
Cardiovascular disease | 75 (6) | 67 (4) | 45 (5) | 33 (1) |
Gastrointestinal disease | 13 (1) | 0 (0) | 9 (1) | 33 (1) |
Diabetes | 50 (4) | 33 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Kidney disease | 13 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Respiratory disease | 0 (0) | 17 (1) | 9 (1) | 0 (0) |
Arthritis | 38 (3) | 17 (1) | 27 (3) | 67 (2) |
Osteoporosis | 50 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 67 (2) |
Memory problems | 75 (6) | 100 (6) | 27 (3) | 0 (0) |
Relationship of carer to care recipient, % (n) | ||||
Spouse | 25 (2) | 83 (5) | – | – |
Son/daughter | 38 (3) | 0 (0) | – | – |
Other relative | 38 (3) | 0 (0) | – | – |
Other non-relative | 0 (0) | 17 (1) | – | – |
Local Health District Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantagea (area where focus group was held)26 | 1104.8 | 1120.7 | 1104.8 | 951 |
↵a Australian scores are the reference point and are set to 1000 for each index (standard deviation of 100). Scores for local government areas are population-weighted means of the scores of their constituent census collector districts.
Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence.