A profile of residents in prairie nursing homes.
Nursing homes have become complex care environments where residents have significant needs and most have age-related dementia. Building on research by Hirdes et al. (2011), we describe a resident profile in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the prairie provinces using Resident Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set 2.0 data from 5,196 resident assessments completed between 1 October 2007 and 31 December 2011. Residents were chiefly over age 85, female, and with an age-related dementia. We compared facility support and related services and resident characteristics by province, owner-operator model, and number of facility units. We observed differences in support and related services by both unit count and province. We also found that public facilities tend to care for residents with more demanding characteristics: notably cognitive impairment, aggressive behaviours, and incontinence. No clear trends associating the number of units in a facility with resident characteristics were observed.
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing, Edmonton, Canada. carole.estabrooks@ualberta.ca
Carole A
CA
Estabrooks
Jeff W
JW
Poss
Janet E
JE
Squires
Gary F
GF
Teare
Debra G
DG
Morgan
Norma
N
Stewart
Malcolm B
MB
Doupe
Greta G
GG
Cummings
Peter G
PG
Norton
D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000416:Alberta; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008350:Manitoba; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D012525:Saskatchewan; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population