Table 2.

Duration of weekly visits by health care proxies (HCPs) and palliative care quality measures for nursing residents with advanced dementia (N=1,125 assessments)

Variable	Mean	Std. Dev.
Duration of HCP visits per week
None	0.116	0.321
1–7 hours	0.702	0.457
>7 hours	0.181	0.385
Nursing home quality measures
Pressure ulcer (stage 2 or higher) at time of survey	0.097	0.296
Pain (5 days/month) since previous survey	0.077	0.267
Dyspnea (5 days/month) since previous survey	0.059	0.235
Hospice use since previous survey	0.066	0.248
Hospital transfer since previous survey	0.067	0.251
Do-not-hospitalize order at time of survey	0.525	0.500
HCP Satisfaction (SWC-EOLD scale) at time of survey	31.7	4.6
Antipsychotic use since previous survey	0.199	0.400

Notes: SWC-EOLD=Satisfaction with Care at the End-of-Life in Dementia Scale (ranges form 10–40, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction).