Table II.
Hospital and Hostels Practices Profile Questionnaire (55 items) (N = 102).
| Activities’ items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 1 | Some precautions are taken such as outside doors are locked during the day to avoid residents leaving without informing the caregiver/staff. | 0.56 | 0.44 | 1.56 |
| 2 | Visiting times are restricted to certain hours. | 0.17 | 0.83 | 1.17 |
| 3 | Residents are not allowed out alone in the evening without telling the caregiver/staff where they are going. | 0.32 | 0.68 | 1.32 |
| 4 | Residents must ask for authorization to go out after 7 pm. | 0.21 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 5 | Caregiver/staff verifies that residents are in the home at night. | 0.29 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 6 | Residents are not permitted to watch TV after 11 pm. | 0.38 | 0.62 | 1.38 |
| 7 | The front door of the foster home is locked at night. | 0.03 | 0.97 | 1.03 |
| 8 | Residents must be in bed by a given time. | 0.91 | 0.09 | 1.91 |
| 9 | Caregiver/staff checks that residents are in bed during the night. | 0.51 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 10 | Residents should be up by a given time on weekdays. | 0.34 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 11 | Caregiver/staff verifies and makes sure that residents are up mornings on weekdays. | 0.31 | 0.69 | 1.31 |
| 12 | Residents are expected to be in by 10 pm during the week (Monday to Friday). | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 13 | Residents are expected to be in by 11 pm during the week (Monday to Friday). | 0.29 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 14 | Residents are encouraged to be in bed by 11 pm on the weekend. | 0.91 | 0.09 | 1.91 |
| 15 | Residents should be up by a given time on weekends. | 0.64 | 0.36 | 1.64 |
| 16 | Caregiver/staff verifies and makes sure that residents are up mornings on weekends. | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1.36 |
| 17 | Staff likes to be informed about where the residents go if they leave for the weekend. | 0.01 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| 18 | Residents are encouraged to be in home by given time on weekends. | 0.08 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| 19 | Residents do not have the key to the front door of the foster home. | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.40 |
| Total | 7.19 | 11.81 | 26.19 | |
| Mean | 1.37 | |||
| Meals’ items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 20 | Residents are not involved in planning meals and the menu. | 0.72 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 21 | Beers is not allowed in the foster home. | 0.02 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| 22 | The consumption of alcohol is not allowed for residents. | 0.04 | 0.96 | 1.04 |
| 23 | Residents cannot make tea or coffee for themselves. | 0.64 | 0.36 | 1.64 |
| 24 | Residents cannot make a snack in between meals. | 0.55 | 0.45 | 1.55 |
| 25 | There is no choice of main meals. | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 26 | There is no choice of beverage at meals. | 0.87 | 0.13 | 1.87 |
| Total | 3.31 | 3.69 | 10.31 | |
| Mean | 1.47 | |||
| Personal effects items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 27 | Residents are not allowed razors, knives, or scissors in their personal possession. | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.67 |
| 28 | Residents are not allowed matches or lighters in their personal possession. | 0.72 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
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| Personal effects items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 29 | Medication is administered by the caregiver/staff. | 0.03 | 0.91 | 0.97 |
| 30 | Residents are not allowed to have personal money. | 0.94 | 0.06 | 1.94 |
| 31 | The resident’s personal belongings are catalogued. | 0.96 | 0.04 | 1.96 |
| 32 | Residents’ personal effects are checked for forbidden items upon admission. | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1.36 |
| 33 | Residents’ personal effects are checked for forbidden items periodically. | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.50 |
| 34 | Residents cannot lock their personal effects. | 0.31 | 0.69 | 1.31 |
| 35 | Residents are restricted in displaying their personal effects and decorating their room. | 0.84 | 0.16 | 1.84 |
| 36 | Residents do not possess an adequate amount of clothes. | 0.76 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 37 | Residents are not allowed to park their vehicle next to the foster home (if they had a car). | 0.16 | 0.84 | 1.16 |
| 38 | Residents are not fully responsible for their own possessions. | 0.85 | 0.15 | 1.85 |
| Total | 7.1 | 4.84 | 19.04 | |
| Mean | 1.58 | |||
| Rooms’ items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 39 | Residents cannot rest in bed during the day apart from naptime. | 0.95 | 0.05 | 1.95 |
| 40 | Caregiver/staff can enter the resident’s room at any time. | 0.35 | 0.65 | 1.35 |
| 41 | Apart from the caregiver/staff persons of the opposite sex are not allowed in the resident’s rooms at any time. | 0.46 | 0.54 | 1.46 |
| 42 | Residents are not allowed to smoke in their rooms. | 0.02 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| 43 | Residents do not make their bed. They are made by the caregiver/staff. | 0.92 | 0.08 | 1.92 |
| Total | 2.7 | 2.3 | 7.7 | |
| Mean | 1.54 | |||
| Health and hygiene items | False (2) | True (1) | Total | |
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| 44 | Residents are weighed on admission to the foster home. | 0.72 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 45 | Residents are weighed periodically. | 0.75 | 0.25 | 1.75 |
| 46 | Dressing is supervised by caregiver/staff. | 0.26 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 47 | Residents cannot lock the door while they are in the toilet. | 0.85 | 0.15 | 1.85 |
| 48 | Residents cannot lock the door while they are in the shower. | 0.81 | 0.19 | 1.81 |
| 49 | Residents cannot choose themselves when to take a bath or shower. | 0.78 | 0.22 | 1.78 |
| 50 | Residents’ bath or shower is supervised. | 0.27 | 0.73 | 1.27 |
| 51 | Residents do not wash their own clothes. | 0.21 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| Total | 4.65 | 3.35 | 12.65 | |
| Mean | 1.58 | |||
| 52 | Residents must ask the caregiver/staff to communicate with their family doctor. | 0.18 | 0.82 | 1.18 |
| 53 | A psychiatrist visits the residents routinely. | 0.99 | 0.01 | 1.99 |
| 54 | A hairdresser visits routinely the foster home to cut and style the resident’s hair. | 0.72 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 55 | There are no resident-staff meetings held on a regular basis. | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.50 |
| Total | 2.39 | 1.61 | 6.39 | |
| Mean | 1.59 | |||