Table 1 Baseline characteristics of long-stay home care clients in Ontario (2010–2013), by sex and frailty status (n = 234,552)
Characteristic | Women (n = 151,427) | Men (n = 83,125) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FI Frailty Status (n, column %) | FI Frailty Status (n, column %) | |||||
Robust (n = 69,709; 46.0%) | Pre-Frail (n = 52,549; 34.7%) | Frail (n = 29,169; 19.3%) | Robust (n = 38,967; 46.9%) | Pre-Frail (n = 27,606; 33.2%) | Frail (n = 16,552; 19.9%) | |
Age group | ||||||
 66–74 | 12,154 (17.4) | 8163 (15.5) | 3800 (13.0) | 9250 (23.7) | 5354 (19.4) | 2920 (17.6) |
 75–84 | 28,943 (41.5) | 21,722 (41.3) | 11,067 (37.9) | 17,084 (43.8) | 12,526 (45.4) | 7350 (44.4) |
 85+ | 28,612 (41.0) | 22,664 (43.1) | 14,302 (49.0) | 12,633 (32.4) | 9726 (35.2) | 6282 (38.0) |
Mean age ± SD | 82.1 ± 7.4 | 82.6 ± 7.3 | 83.6 ± 7.4 | 80.5 ± 7.5 | 81.3 ± 7.2 | 81.7 ± 7.2 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 18,930 (27.2) | 13,867 (26.4) | 7647 (26.2) | 23,450 (60.2) | 17,254 (62.5) | 10,916 (65.9) |
 Never married/other | 3739 (5.4) | 2256 (4.3) | 1134 (3.9) | 2601 (6.7) | 1402 (5.1) | 756 (4.6) |
 Widowed | 42,506 (61.0) | 32,987 (62.8) | 18,817 (64.5) | 9893 (25.4) | 7038 (25.5) | 3935 (23.8) |
 Separated/Divorced | 4534 (6.5) | 3439 (6.5) | 1571 (5.4) | 3023 (7.8) | 1912 (6.9) | 945 (5.7) |
Primary Caregiver | ||||||
 No primary caregiver | 1857 (2.7) | 926 (1.8) | 372 (1.3) | 1276 (3.3) | 515 (1.9) | 235 (1.4) |
 Yes, does not live with | 40,437 (58.0) | 28,388 (54.0) | 14,430 (49.5) | 13,799 (35.4) | 8868 (32.1) | 4962 (30.0) |
 Yes, lives with | 27,415 (39.3) | 23,235 (44.2) | 14,367 (49.3) | 23,892 (61.3) | 18,223 (66.0) | 11,355 (68.6) |
Average hours of informal care per day,a | ||||||
mean ± SD | 1.60 ± 1.80 | 2.39 ± 2.59 | 3.25 ± 3.83 | 2.01 ± 2.07 | 3.09 ± 2.96 | 3.82 ± 4.09 |
Caregiver is distressed | ||||||
 No | 62,992 (90.4) | 40,566 (77.2) | 17,557 (60.2) | 32,833 (84.3) | 17,999 (65.2) | 7985 (48.2) |
 Yes | 6717 (9.6) | 11,983 (22.8) | 11,612 (39.8) | 6134 (15.7) | 9607 (34.8) | 8567 (51.8) |
# ADG comorbidity categories | ||||||
 0–5 | 11,766 (16.9) | 7554 (14.4) | 3743 (12.8) | 5089 (13.1) | 3082 (11.2) | 1485 (9.0) |
 6–9 | 23,646 (33.9) | 16,163 (30.8) | 8142 (27.9) | 11,862 (30.4) | 7742 (28.0) | 4023 (24.3) |
 10+ | 34,297 (49.2) | 28,832 (54.9) | 17,284 (59.3) | 22,016 (56.5) | 16,782 (60.8) | 11,044 (66.7) |
Most prevalent diagnoses | ||||||
 Hypertension | 41,260 (59.2) | 35,755 (68.0) | 20,623 (70.7) | 20,160 (51.7) | 16,614 (60.2) | 10,660 (64.4) |
 Arthritis | 37,575 (53.9) | 32,496 (61.8) | 18,075 (62.0) | 13,382 (34.3) | 11,834 (42.9) | 7418 (44.8) |
 Diabetes | 13,281 (19.1) | 14,177 (27.0) | 8876 (30.4) | 10,229 (26.3) | 9120 (33.0) | 6142 (37.1) |
 Coronary artery disease | 11,900 (17.1) | 14,032 (26.7) | 8859 (30.4) | 9357 (24.0) | 9346 (33.9) | 6486 (39.2) |
 Osteoporosis | 19,175 (27.5) | 17,665 (33.6) | 10,829 (37.1) | 2355 (6.0) | 2379 (8.6) | 1663 (10.0) |