Table 1

Participant characteristics (n=1388)

	Mean	SD
Age	85.3	7.4

		N	%
Gender	Male	465	33.5
	Female	919	66.2
	Other	4	0.3
Setting	GP	20	1.4
	Hospital	134	9.7
	RACF	1234	88.9
State	New South Wales	515	37.1
	Victoria	328	23.6
	Queensland	276	19.9
	South Australia	182	13.1
	Australian Capital Territory	39	2.8
	Western Australia	30	2.2
	Northern Territory	16	1.2
	Tasmania	2	0.1
Relationship status	Married/living with partner	289	28.0
	Divorced/separated	127	9.1
	Widowed	674	48.6
	Single	110	7.9
	Unknown	88	6.3
Language	English speaking	1222	88.0
	Non-English speaking	142	10.2
	Unknown	24	1.7
Country of birth	Australia	883	63.6
	Other	465	33.5
	Not available	40	2.9
Morbidity	Unimorbid	62	4.5
	Comorbid	153	11.0
	Multimorbid	1173	84.5
Receiving palliative care	Yes	127	9.1
Receiving palliative care	No	1237	89.1
Estimated functional status	No disability	5	0.4
	Some disability	52	3.7
	Moderate disability	279	20.1
	Severe disability	664	47.8
	Very severe disability	367	26.4
	Not available	21	1.5
Medical condition(s) in addition to dementia*	Cancer (malignant)	165	11.9
	Heart condition	758	54.6
	Respiratory condition	264	19.0
	Chronic kidney condition	131	9.4
	Endocrine/metabolic/nutritional	425	30.6
	Gastrointestinal condition	359	25.9
	Neurological condition	309	22.3
	Urinary or reproductive condition	428	30.8
	Mental health condition	614	44.2
	Musculoskeletal/connective tissue	848	61.1