Table 3.
Care Practices Used for Older Patients With Dementia (percentages).a
| Practiceb | Total | Nongovernment Internal medicine | Nongovernment Geriatric | Government Internal Medicine | Government Geriatric | χ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allocating a personal worker | 10.2 | 17.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 9.39c |
| His or her admission is conditioned on family hiring a paid carer | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.02 |
| Ask the family to hire somebody to be available all the time | 27.2 | 22.9 | 19.1 | 38.7 | 28.3 | 6.62 |
| Ask the family to hire somebody to be bedside at night | 23.8 | 16.7 | 27.7 | 30.6 | 25.0 | 4.73 |
| Ask the family to stay with the patient | 54.3 | 54.2 | 48.9 | 67.7 | 45.0 | 7.15 |
| Discharge him or her as soon as possible | 5.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 7.35 |
| The patient is located in a room near the nurses’ station | 58.5 | 44.8 | 53.2 | 69.4 | 73.3 | 16.42d |
| The nursing staff devote more attention to him or her | 63.0 | 58.3 | 78.7 | 58.1 | 63.3 | 6.53 |
| He or she is physically restricted | 20.0 | 19.8 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 1.7 | 19.81d |
| Sedation | 31.7 | 30.2 | 42.6 | 27.4 | 30.0 | 3.26 |
| Don’t know what to do | 1.1 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.50 |
a N = 265.
b Only those who replied “yes.”
c P < .05.
d P < .001.