Table 1.

This table lists various tasks carried out during a typical workday at six long-term care sites in Toronto. A presence of an x denotes that a particular group of workers carried out a specific task, whereas an absence of an x workers did not participate in or carry out this work

Task	Personal Support Worker (PSW) (Care Aide (CA), Health Care Aide (HCA))	Nurses (RPN/RN)	Support Staff (Dietary Aides, Recreation Therapists)
Paper documentation	x	x	x
Computer documentation	x*	x*	x
Socialization activities (birthday parties, pub night)			x
Dietary care (e.g. feeding*, delivering food, cleaning up)	x	x	x*
Recreation (e.g. music, bingo)			x
Medications		x
Direct care – toileting, showers, grooming	x
Portering/transporting	x		x

^*indicates that not all staff allowed to carry out this task (e.g. dietary aides would not feed at most sites)