Table 2 Demographic information of family caregivers (n = 46)

No. of caregivers (second caregiver)

13 (3)

10

17 (3)

6 (1)

Male

2

2

4

2

Female

11

8

13

4

Spouses

1

9

4

0

Children

10

1

13

5

Grandchildren

1

0

0

1

Siblings

1

Age (range)

48.3 (35–85)

77.8 (52–83)

58.2 (47–84)

50.5 (18–58)

Born in Australia

0

1

12

0

Immigrated to Australia

13

9

5

6

Years in Australia for immigrants

19.3 (8–32)

51.2 (40–63)

53.2 (49–61)

6 (2–32)

Duration in years of a carer role (range)

5 (2–11)

7 (3–10)

7.8 (3–11)

7.1 (2–17)

Bilingual and bicultural knowledge

2

1

12

1

Cannot speak English well

11

9

5

5

Attended dementia care course

0

9

14

0

Did not attended dementia care course

13

1

3

6

Caregivers who lived in the same house

13

9

13

6

Did not live in the same house

0

1

4

0

Codes used in the excerpts

Chinese 1-13

Greek 1-10

Italian 1-17

Vietnamese 1-6