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Fig. 1 | BMC Geriatrics

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From: Health and frailty among older spousal caregivers: an observational cohort study in Belgium

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Flowchart. At baseline, 82 community-dwelling spousal caregivers were recruited. During the phone interview (after 3 months), 1 caregiver was dead. Among the 81 couples contacted, 1 care-receiver was admitted to a nursing home and 2 care-receivers had died. At the second visit (after 16 months), 3 caregivers who had lost their spouses refused to participate. Concerning the 78 care-receivers, 51 were still living at home with their caregivers, 7 lived in a nursing home, 4 passed away in a nursing home and 16 died at home

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