Coping with Cognitive Impairment in People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Carers: A Qualitative Study

Table 3

Demographics of participants with Parkinson’s and their carers.

	People with Parkinson’s disease				Relationship with carer	Carer
	Age	Sex	Occupation	Pseudonym		Age	Sex	Occupation	Pseudonym
Parkinson’s disease	62	Male	Retired engineer	Harry	Partner	66	Female	Retired care assistant	Pamela
	69	Male	Retired housing director	David	Spouse	70	Female	Homemaker	Evelyn
	74	Female	Retired dinner lady	Claire	Husband	74	Male	Retired electrical engineer	Frank
	75	Male	Retired air traffic controller	Will	Spouse	67	Female	Retired air traffic controller	Heather
	80	Male	Retired medical lab technician	Mike	Spouse	69	Female	Retired nurse	Kate
	81	Male	Retired doctor	Peter	Spouse	78	Female	Retired radiographer	Ruth
Mild cognitive impairment	65	Male	Retired HGV driver	Ted	Spouse	64	Female	Retired physiotherapist	Opal
	66	Male	Retired solicitor	George	Spouse	61	Female	Solicitor	Frances
	66	Male	Retired nurse	Steve	Carer/friend	—	Female	Retired PA	Nina
	67	Female	Retired catering technician	Denise	Spouse	71	Male	Retired maintenance electrician	Jack
	67	Male	Semiretired sound recording engineer	Edward	Spouse	64	Female	Audio services	Val
	68	Male	Retired salesman	Kevin	Spouse	67	Female	Retired psychiatric nurse	Anne
Parkinson’s dementia	67	Male	Retired fitter	Nigel	Spouse	66	Female	Retired shop assistant	Joyce
	70	Female	Retired lab technician	Sylvia	Spouse	77	Male	Retired boiler plater	Owen
	72	Male	Retired labourer	Rob	Spouse	72	Female	Retired care assistant	Gwen
	79	Female	Retired shop assistant	Ingrid	Mother/Daughter	52	Female	Carer	Liz
	69	Male	Retired local government officer	Alan	Spouse	56	Female	Teacher	Barbra
	87	Male	Retired salesman	Colin	Partner	68	Female	Retired	Mary