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Table 1 Characteristics of the residents

From: Living with dementia in a nursing home, as described by persons with dementia: a phenomenological hermeneutic study

Facility

Gender/Name

Age

Level of function at first encounter

CDR

Time in ward after admission to the nursing home

1. Interview

2. Interview

No 1

SCU

Female, Lisa

94

Severe aphasia, used walker

2

2 months

6 months

Female, Marta

78

Moderate aphasia, walked without aid

2

2 months

No interview

6 months

Female, Mina

83

Moderate aphasia, walked without aid

2

2 months

6 months

No 2

SCU

Female, Ella

82

Moderate aphasia, used high walker

3

5 months

Deceased

Female, Betty

81

Moderate aphasia, walked without aid

2

5 months

8 months

Female, Hanna

76

Severe aphasia, walked without aid

2

5 months

No interview

8 months

RU

Female, Vera

92

Mild aphasia, walked without aid

1

5 months

8 months

Female, Nelly

94

Severe aphasia, used high walker

2 (3)

5 months

8 months

No 3

RU

Male, Bob

71

Severe aphasia, used walker

2

4 months

7 months

Male, Peter

83

Moderate aphasia, walked without aid

2

5 months

9 months

Female, Mary

95

Moderate aphasia, used wheelchair

2

5 months

9 months

Female, Anna

90

Mild aphasia, used walker

2

3 months

Ill – no interview