Table 1.

Characteristics of nursing home residents and community dwellers.

	Nursing home residents n=15	Community dwellers n=43
Demographics
Age in years – median (range)	83 (68–91)	74 (65–87)*
Gender – Female, n (%)	7 (47)	22 (51)
Race – White, n (%)	15 (100)	40 (93)
Ethnicity – Hispanic, n (%)	1 (7)	NR
Dementia – n (%)	7 (47)	NR
Number of co-morbidities – median (range)	2 (0–4)	1 (1–2)
Number of medications – median (range)	8 (3–16)	NR
Mental Status – Level of consciousness
Alert – n (%)	14 (93)	NR
ADLs in past 7 days
Bed mobility – dependent, n (%)	0 (0)	NR
Transfer – dependent, n (%)	1 (7)	NR
Locomotion off unit – dependent, n (%)	8 (53)	NR
Dressing – dependent, n (%)	4 (27)	NR
Eating – dependent, n (%)	0 (0)	NR
Toilet use – dependent, n (%)	3 (20)	NR
Personal hygiene – dependent, n (%)	3 (20)	NR
Bathing – dependent, n (%)	7 (47)	NR
Bowel incontinence, n (%)	1 (7)	NR
Bladder incontinence, n (%)	3 (20)	NR

^*p=0.02

NR=not recorded