Table 3.

AIC Characteristics

	AIC 1	AIC 2	AIC 3
Size, Affiliation	Medium-sized, religious affiliation	Small, corporate-owned	Large, corporate-owned
Staff	Dedicated ADa who was very involved with residents	No dedicated AD, little involvement with residents	Two dedicated ADs, moderate involvement with residents
Social	Much activity, social interaction	Little activity, social interaction	Large number of activities, little social interaction
# Activities/wk	32.4	22.5	52.8
Quality of Activities	Interactive/engaging, (e.g., guest speakers, mixers)	Time passing (e.g., TV watching, CD sing-a-longs)	Mix of time-passing, interactive, engaging – not heavily promoted
Spatial	One level	One-level	Multi-level, large
	Isolated by busy roads, slight hills	Isolated by location, steep hills	Isolated by location, distance, steep hills
	Open, staffed entrance	Locked, coded entrance, not-staffed	Open, staff entrances
# of Residents	AL: 61	Site 1-AL: 40; Site 2-AL:36	AL: 58; IL:98

^aActivities Director