The findings of the first part of the research indicate that family members of elderly females have a more positive attitude to their situation then they do themselves, while the family members of elderly males believe their situation to be worse than they do themselves.
Niðurstöður fyrri hluta rannsóknarinnar benda til að aðstandendur kvenna líti aðstæður þeirra jákvæðari augum en þær sjálfar en aðstandendur karla sjá aðstæður þeirra neikvæðari augum en þeir sjálfir gera.