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Table 2 Associations with the Provision of a Dementia Care Program in Licensed Assisted Living Facilities

From: Do assisted living facilities that offer a dementia care program differ from those that do not? A population-level cross-sectional study in Ontario, Canada

 

Unadjusted PR (95% CI)

Adjusted PR (95% CI)a

Facility Characteristics

Urban

2.26 (1.23 to 4.52) **

1.15 (0.61 to 2.17)

Facility Capacity

 6 to 49

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

 50 to 86

0.56 (0.30 to 1.06)

0.34 (0.18 to 0.66) **

 87 to 139

1.20 (0.73 to 1.98)

0.43 (0.20 to 0.93) *

 140+

2.18 (1.41 to 3.37) ***

0.59 (0.25 to 1.42)

Total Suites

 6 to 41

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

 42 to 70

0.80 (0.43 to 1.49)

1.40 (0.73 to 2.70)

 71 to 114

1.48 (0.87 to 2.50)

2.28 (1.02 to 5.11) *

 115+

2.82 (1.77 to 4.50) ***

2.78 (1.09 to 7.07) *

 Chain Facility

1.63 (1.17 to 2.27) **

1.21 (0.88 to 1.67)

 Residential Home

0.58 (0.29 to 1.14)

0.75 (0.35 to 1.61)

 Co-Located with a Nursing Home

0.85 (0.54 to 1.33)

1.21 (0.78 to 1.87)

Care Services

 Assistance with Ambulation

6.34 (2.05 to 19.57) **

0.96 (0.34 to 2.75)

 Assistance with Feeding

4.43 (3.07 to 6.39) ***

2.91 (1.98 to 4.29) ***

 Assistance with Dressing

15.67 (2.22 to 110.82) **

2.24 (0.26 to 18.96)

 Continence Care

33.50 (4.71 to 238.20) ***

13.51 (1.64 to 111.67) *

 Skin and Wound Care

2.23 (1.62 to 3.07) ***

1.18 (0.85 to 1.63)

 Pharmacist Services

2.57 (1.17 to 5.66) *

0.91 (0.38 to 2.21)

 Medical Services

3.03 (1.83 to 5.00) ***

1.78 (1.00 to 3.17) *

  1. Abbreviations: PR Prevalence Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. aAdjusted for all variables in the table
  3. *P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001