TABLE 2—
Characteristics of Long-Term Care Facilities With and Without a Decedent: Virginia, 2003–2011
| Variable | Facility With Decedent, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Facility Without Decedent, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Pa |
| Nursing homes | |||
| Facilities | 20 | 265 | |
| Events | |||
| Suicide | 21 (84.0) | ||
| Undetermined | 4 (16.0) | ||
| Beds | 116.4 ±83.5 | 112.5 ±56.9 | .939 |
| Ownership | .159 | ||
| For profit | 10 (52.6) | 185 (69.8) | |
| Nonprofit | 7 (36.8) | 61 (23.0) | |
| Religious | 0 | 9 (3.4) | |
| Government | 2 (10.5) | 10 (3.8) | |
| Part of a continuing care retirement community | 8 (42.1) | 26 (9.9) | .001 |
| Family/residents council | .727 | ||
| None | 1 (5.3) | 9 (3.4) | |
| Resident or family council | 13 (68.4) | 178 (67.4) | |
| Both family and resident council | 5 (26.3) | 77 (29.2) | |
| General quality ratings (range 1–5) | |||
| Overall rating | 3.84 ±1.31 | 3.11 ±1.37 | .022 |
| Health rating | 3.32 ±1.25 | 2.76 ±1.29 | .067 |
| Staff rating | 3.89 ±1.02 | 2.97 ±1.25 | .003 |
| Quality rating | 4.05 ±1.13 | 3.78 ±1.06 | .171 |
| Specific quality measures for long-stay residents | |||
| Experiencing moderate/severe pain | 9.43 ±6.1 | 10.68 ±7.8 | .763 |
| Receiving antipsychotic medication | 22.84 ±12.1 | 22.59 ±8.8 | .674 |
| Physically restrained | 0.39 ±1.4 | 1.29 ±5.5 | .04 |
| Depressed mood | 9.42 ±5.65 | 4.51 ±5.6 | .054 |
| Experienced ≥ 1 falls | 3.16 ±2.26 | 3.22 ±2.2 | .949 |
| Assisted living | |||
| Facilities | 26 | 522 | |
| Events | |||
| Suicide | 25 (92.6) | ||
| Undetermined | 2 (7.4) | ||
| Bed size | 106.5 ±60.6 | 56.9 ±53.8 | < .001 |
| Type of care | .127 | ||
| Nonambulatory | 22 (84.6) | 365 (70.6) | |
| Ambulatory | 4 (14.8) | 152 (29.4) | |
| License type | .427 | ||
| Provisional | 2 (10.5) | 20 (4.8) | |
| 1 y | 9 (47.4) | 199 (47.7) | |
| 2–3 y | 8 (42.1) | 198 (47.5) | |
| Inspection violations | 54.8 ±52.6 | 61.9 ±52.0 | .341 |
| Inspection prompted by complaint | 16 (84.2) | 270 (64.8) | .061 |
Note. Missing data for resident council and overall quality measures (for nursing homes, n = 283); specific quality measures for long-stay residents (for nursing homes, n = 278); inspections promoted by complaint and number of inspection violations (for assisted living, n = 437); type of care (for assisted living, n = 544); license type (for assisted living, n = 437).
a
Determined with Fisher exact test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables.