Attending an activity center: positive experiences of a group of home-dwelling persons with early-stage dementia

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Table 1 Background variables of the study group

Informant	Age (years)	Sex	Marital status
1	64	Male	Married
2	76	Male	Married
3	85	Male	Married
4	86	Female	Divorced
5	78	Female	Widow
6	67	Male	Married
7	85	Male	Widower
8	74	Female	Unmarried

Table 2 Examples of the analysis (overall theme, categories, codes, abstracted meaning codes, condensed meaning units, and meaning units)

Participation in appreciated activities and a sense of feeling included in a fellowship may have a positive influence on health and well-being
Appreciated activities	Praised nurses and volunteers	Being more active	Feeling included in a fellowship
Gratefulness	Fantastic personnel	More active	Knowing each other
Grateful for the center that provides an opportunity to go out.	The personnel are outstanding.	The visitors are active.	Know each other, and like to be at the center.
A is grateful for the activity center. It is unhealthy to sit alone, and it is good to go out.	C thinks the personnel are outstanding. They are understanding and passionate.	B is used to going out and doing things, but despite this, the center helps to increase B’s level of activity.	According to D, they know each other and they like to be at the activity center.
“I am very grateful for the fact that the activity center exists. I go to the center in my own interest… I just think it is unhealthy to sit alone too much. So it is good to get out a little bit.”	“They are outstanding; I would like to use that word. They are understanding and passionate about what they are doing.”	“It is significant, it is certainly because you get used to going out and finding things to do…but anyway I think this [the activity center] helps to increase the level of activity.”	“Now we are quite a few here and we know each other. We like it here [at the activity center] and that is why we come here.”