Table 3.

Bivariate Correlations of Changes in Residents’ Social Skills.

Correlation With	Admission to 6 Months	Admission to 12 Months
(A) Differences scores
Resident-level characteristics
Smaller social networks	.27 (P = .010)	ns
Fewer visits/year	.22 (P = .039)	.28 (P = .014)
(B) Dichotomized scores
Resident-level characteristics
MMSE	.33 (P = .001)	.16 (P = .080)
MAS-R early memory	.26 (P = .003)	ns
MAS-R present orientation	.29 (P = .001)	.27 (P = .003)
MAS-R total orientation	.30 (P = .001)	.17 (P = .070)
Facility-level characteristics
IC SR comm	ns	.51 (P = .031)

Abbreviations: IC, individualized care; MAS-R, Multi-focus Assessment Scale for the Frail Elderly-Revised Form; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination; ns, not significant; SR comm, staff-to-resident communication.