Description of LTC home characteristics
| Care homes | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton, AB | Calgary, AB | Fraser Health, BC | Interior Health, BC | Winnipeg, MN | P value* | Total | |||||||
| (n=14) | (n=13) | (n=21) | (n=13) | (n=15) | (n=76) | ||||||||
| Size | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Small (<80 beds) | 3 | 21.4 | 2 | 15.4 | 6 | 28.6 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 13.3 | 0.071 | 17 | 22.4 |
| Medium (80–120 beds) | 3 | 21.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 9 | 42.9 | 7 | 53.8 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 34.2 | |
| Large (>120 beds) | 8 | 57.1 | 10 | 76.9 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 7 | 46.7 | 33 | 43.4 | |
| Owner-operator model | |||||||||||||
| Public not-for-profit | 2 | 14.3 | 2 | 15.4 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.289 | 14 | 18.4 |
| Private for profit | 6 | 42.9 | 7 | 53.8 | 11 | 52.4 | 6 | 46.2 | 5 | 33.3 | 35 | 46.1 | |
| Voluntary not-for-profit | 6 | 42.9 | 4 | 30.8 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 9 | 60 | 27 | 35.5 | |
| Care units | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton, AB | Calgary, AB | Fraser Health, BC | Interior Health, BC | Winnipeg, MN | P value* | Total | |||||||
| (n=52) | (n=59) | (n=71) | (n=47) | (n=54) | (n=283) | ||||||||
| Unit type | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| General long-term care | 34 | 65.4 | 37 | 62.7 | 53 | 74.6 | 21 | 51.2 | 49 | 90.7 | <0.0001 | 194 | 68.6 |
| Secure dementia | 9 | 17.3 | 17 | 28.8 | 12 | 16.9 | 11 | 26.8 | 5 | 9.3 | 54 | 19.1 | |
| Non-secure dementia | 4 | 7.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 | |
| Secure mental health/psychiatric | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.1 | |
| Other | 4 | 7.7 | 3 | 5.1 | 3 | 4.2 | 15 | 36.6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.8 | |
*P values for count data (N) from LTC homes and units reported as two-sided (asymptotic significance) calculated from Pearson χ2 test using 95% CI Monte Carlo simulations. P values from mean values (care hours) calculated using one-way ANOVA.
ANOVA, analysis of variance; LTC, long-term care.