Characteristic | Intervention nursing homes (n = 608) | Control nursing homes (n = 696) | Total (N = 1,304) |
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Age in years, median (IQR) | 86.4 (81.0-91.5) | 87.3 (80.9-91.5) | 86.9 (80.9-91.5) |
Female, n (%) | 409 (67.3) | 463 (66.5) | 872 (66.9) |
Years living in care home, median (IQR) | 2.2 (1.0-4.6) | 2.3 (0.9-4.2) | 2.3 (0.9-4.4) |
ACFI scores - high, n (%) | |||
 Activities of daily living  Behaviour  Complex health care needs | 342 (56.3) 468 (77.0) 416 (68.4) | 425 (61.1) 556 (79.9) 502 (72.1) | 767 (58.8) 1024 (78.5) 918 (70.4) |
 ACD in place, n (%) | 198 (32.6) | 190 (27.3) | 388 (29.8) |
Type of dementia | |||
 Alzheimer’s disease  Vascular dementia  Mixed dementia  Lewy body dementia  Fronto-temporal dementia  Other  Not specified | 284 (46.4) 67 (11.0) 56 (9.2) 14 (2.3) 11 (1.8) 20 (3.3) 158 (26.0) | 346 (49.7) 87 (12.5) 53 (7.6) 12 (1.7) 10 (1.4) 30 (4.3) 158 (22.7) | 628 (48.2) 154 (11.8) 109 (8.4) 26 (2.0) 21 (1.6) 50 (3.8) 316 (24.2) |
Comorbidities | |||
 CHF  Chronic lung disease  Chronic kidney failure  Chronic liver disease  Stroke  Cancer | 68 (11.2) 76 (12.5) 51 (8.4) 6 (1.0) 102 (16.8) 109 (17.9) | 92 (13.2) 92 (13.2) 69 (9.9) 4 (0.6) 122 (17.5) 115 (16.5) | 160 (12.3) 168 (12.9) 120 (9.2) 10 (0.8) 224 (17.2) 224 (17.2) |