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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Home Hospice Program Participants (N = 20)

From: Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project

 

N

% / Mean(SD)

Age (years)

20

83.5(8.6)

Female

14

70

Chronic Illness:

  

Hypertension

13

65

Ischemic heart disease

8

40

Post-stroke

6

30

Diabetes

6

30

COPD

3

15

Cancer

3

15

Feeding tube

4

20

Years in homecare

 

2.8 (2.0)

Years with diagnosis of dementia

 

5.6 (3.6)