Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Characteristic	N/Mean
Steering Committee	(n=6)
Ministry of Health and Long-term Care	3
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario	2
Clinician	1
National and International Models	(n=8)
Canada	6
International	2
Illness Focus of National and International Model Participants
Stroke	3
Aging	2
Other	3
Focus Groups (n=9)	(n=58)
Regional Program Managers	9
Regional Education Coordinators	8
Clinical Team Members	41
Clinical Training of Focus Group Participants
Nurses	23
Physiotherapists	11
Speech Language Pathologists	8
Occupational Therapists	6
Social Workers	4
Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist	4
Other	2
Number of years in practice (mean)	14
Number of years at current institution (mean)	8