NI Life and Times Survey - 2014: DONEPWD1-DONEPWD8

Year: 2014
Module:Dementia
Variable:DONEPWD1 - DONEPWD8

If knows someone with dementia at DEMKNOW

Leaving aside anything you've done as part of your job, please say which, if any, of the following you have done for someone with dementia, either now or in the past.

These tables show the percentage of respondents who identified each instance.

	%
Cared for someone who lives/lived with me	13
Cared on a regular basis for someone who does not/did not live with me	18
Been responsible for making arrangements for someone to be looked after at home or to go into a residential home	13
Helped someone from time to time	33
Encouraged someone showing symptoms of dementia to seek professional help	15
Visited someone every now and then	48
None of these	24
Other	1

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Cared for someone who lives/lived with me	10	16
Cared on a regular basis for someone who does not/did not live with me	15	20
Been responsible for making arrangements for someone to be looked after at home or to go into a residential home	13	13
Helped someone from time to time	32	35
Encouraged someone showing symptoms of dementia to seek professional help	16	13
Visited someone every now and then	51	46
None of these	24	24
Other	2	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Cared for someone who lives/lived with me	10	8	9	18	14	17
Cared on a regular basis for someone who does not/did not live with me	7	19	11	26	22	16
Been responsible for making arrangements for someone to be looked after at home or to go into a residential home	3	4	7	21	22	12
Helped someone from time to time	15	30	36	41	41	29
Encouraged someone showing symptoms of dementia to seek professional help	7	11	9	22	19	13
Visited someone every now and then	37	47	55	52	49	47
None of these	40	29	25	16	21	24
Other	7	0	0	0	3	2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Cared for someone who lives/lived with me 15 15 3
Cared on a regular basis for someone who does not/did not live with me 19 18 15
Been responsible for making arrangements for someone to be looked after at home or to go into a residential home 11 16 9
Helped someone from time to time 35 36 26
Encouraged someone showing symptoms of dementia to seek professional help 12 16 19
Visited someone every now and then 40 56 47
None of these 27 20 28

Other 2 1 2

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