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Table 3 Description of LTC Facilities

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

  1. aP value is based on a Fisher’s Exact test
  2. bP value is based on a Kruskal-Wallis test
  3. Bold entries is meant to indicate where the p value is significant