From: Depressive symptoms in long term care facilities in Western Canada: a cross sectional study
Care facilities | |||||||||||||
 | Calgary (n = 15) | Edmonton (n = 18) | Fraser (n = 27) | Interior (n = 15) | Winnipeg (n = 16) | P | Total (n = 91) | ||||||
 | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |  | N | % |
Size | |||||||||||||
 Small (< 80 beds) | 4 | 26.7 | 3 | 16.7 | 7 | 25.9 | 5 | 33.3 | 2 | 12.5 | 0.0142a | 21 | 23.1 |
 Medium (80–120 beds) | 1 | 6.7 | 4 | 22.2 | 13 | 48.1 | 8 | 53.3 | 6 | 37.5 | 32 | 35.2 | |
 Large (> 120 beds) | 10 | 66.7 | 11 | 61.1 | 7 | 25.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 8 | 50.0 | 38 | 41.8 | |
Owner-operator model | |||||||||||||
 Private for-profit | 7 | 46.7 | 7 | 38.9 | 15 | 55.6 | 7 | 46.7 | 6 | 37.5 | 0.2459a | 42 | 46.2 |
 Public not-for-profit | 3 | 20.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 4 | 14.8 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 17 | 18.7 | |
 Voluntary not-for-profit | 5 | 33.3 | 8 | 44.4 | 8 | 29.6 | 2 | 13.3 | 9 | 56.3 | 32 | 35.2 | |
Mental health/geriatric services | |||||||||||||
 Geriatric mental health consulting | 15 | 100.0 | 18 | 100.0 | 27 | 100.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 16 | 100.0 | NA | 91 | 100.0 |
 Geriatrician | 8 | 53.3 | 13 | 72.2 | 18 | 66.7 | 8 | 53.3 | 10 | 62.5 | 0.5704a | 56 | 61.5 |
 Psychiatrist | 8 | 53.3 | 17 | 94.4 | 21 | 77.8 | 10 | 66.7 | 12 | 75.0 | 0.0810a | 68 | 74.7 |
 Geriatric psychiatrist | 8 | 53.3 | 16 | 88.9 | 24 | 88.9 | 13 | 86.7 | 15 | 93.8 | 0.0339a | 76 | 83.5 |
Care units | |||||||||||||
 | Calgary (n = 62) | Edmonton (n = 60) | Fraser (n = 91) | Interior (n = 53) | Winnipeg (n = 59) | P | Total (n = 325) | ||||||
 | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |  | N | % |
Unit type | |||||||||||||
 General long term care | 38 | 61.3 | 39 | 65.0 | 69 | 75.8 | 21 | 39.6 | 54 | 91.5 | < 0.0001a | 221 | 68.0 |
 Non secure dementia | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 10.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 3.7 | |
 Secure dementia | 19 | 30.6 | 9 | 15.0 | 15 | 16.5 | 11 | 20.8 | 5 | 8.5 | 59 | 18.2 | |
 Secure mental health/psychiatric | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.9 | |
 Other | 3 | 4.8 | 5 | 8.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 19 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 9.2 | |
 | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |  | M | SD |
Staffing hours/resident day | |||||||||||||
 Care aides | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | < 0.0001b | 2.2 | 0.7 |
 Licensed practical nurses | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3875b | 0.6 | 0.4 |
 Registered nurses | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | < 0.0001b | 0.4 | 0.4 |