Table 1.
Demographics of participants from long-term care and geriatric rehabilitation involved in the study per group and per setting
| Healthcare professionals | Patients | Informal caregivers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians and therapists | Nurses and healthcare aides | Managers | ||||
| Focus groups | LTC | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| GR | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Interviews | LTC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| GR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mean age in years (SD) | LTC |
35.3 (6.8) |
51.3 (12.8) |
50.8 (8.7) |
80.5 (10.2) |
72.7 (9.8) |
| GR |
31.5 (7.9) |
46.3 (10.1) |
53.3 (12.9) |
75.3 (7.2) |
55.5 (13.8) |
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Gender (n male /female) |
LTC | 0 / 8 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 4 / 3 |
| GR | 0 / 4 | 2 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 | 4 / 2 | |
| Mean years working in care team (SD) | LTC |
4.8 (6.8) |
3.9 (1.9) |
7.7 (6.9) |
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| GR |
4.8 (2.9) |
7.0 (5.6) |
2.7 (1.5) |
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| Mean hours working per week (SD) | LTC |
22.0 (7.1) |
29.7 (6.0) |
33.7 (7.8) |
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| GR |
34.0 (2.3) |
29.3 (8.3) |
30.0 (12.0) |
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| Mean length of stay in months (SD) | LTC |
18.1 (4.3) |
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| GR |
1.3 (0.6) |
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| Mean hours actively involved in patient care per week (SD) | LTC |
20.1 (17.1) |
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| GR |
20.2 (19.7) |
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| Mean years actively involved in patient care (SD) | LTC |
18.5 (16.5) |
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| GR |
3.6 (4.5) |
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| Relationship to the patient | Partner | LTC | 3 | |||
| GR | 2 | |||||
| Son/daughter | LTC | 2 | ||||
| GR | 2 | |||||
| Brother/sister | LTC | 1 | ||||
| GR | 1 | |||||
| Son-/daughter-in-law | LTC | 1 | ||||
| GR | 0 | |||||
| Neighbour | LTC | 0 | ||||
| GR | 1 | |||||
LTC, Long-Term Care; GR, Geriatric Rehabilitation