It Is Always on Your Mind: Experiences and Perceptions of Falling of Older People and Their Carers and the Potential of a Mobile Falls Detection Device

Table 1

Participant characteristics.

	Age range	Gender	Disability/Chronic illness	Living setup
FG1	55–80 years	1 woman, 3 men	Stroke	All with partner/spouse
FG2	68–89 years	4 women, 2 men	Vision impaired	Unknown
FG3	73–88 years	5 women, 2 men	Mild dementia, vascular disease, Parkinson’s disease	On own: 3, with partner/spouse/relative: 4
FG4	64–98 years	2 women, 2 men	Arthritis, Parkinson’s disease	On own: 4
FG5	62–85 years	2 women, 3 men	None	On own: 2, with partner/spouse: 3
FG6	65–76 years	4 women, 3 men	Arthritis, hearing impaired	All live with partner/spouse
FG7	54–77 years	4 women, 3 men	Parkinson’s Disease, stroke	All live with partner/spouse
FG8	72–84 years	3 women, 1 man	Arthritis	All on own
FG9	63–66 years	2 women, 1 man	Parkinson’s disease	On own: 1, with partner/spouse: 2