Until death do us part Adult children’s perspective of their parents’ transition from living at home to moving into a nursing home and the time after death

Table 1 Characteristics of the next of kin

	Relation to parent	Age Year	Civil Status	Frequency of visits
N1	Daughter	65	Married	Once or more per week
N2	Daughter	59	Widow	Sometimes per year
N3	Daughter	71	Widow	Once or more per week
N4	Daughter	51	Married	Every day
N5	Daughter	79	Married	Once or more per week
N6	Son	67	Married	N/A
N7	Daughter	55	Married	Once or more per week
N8	Daughter	68	Married	Once or more per week
N9	Daughter	66	Married	Once or more per week
N10	Daughter	61	Married	Once or more per week
N11	Daughter	63	Unmarried/Divorced	Once or more per week
N12	Daughter	71	Married	Once or more per week
N13	Son	53	Married	Once or more per week
N14	Daughter	61	Married	Once or more per week
N15	Daughter	67	Married	Once or more per month

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