Table 6. Cognition, mood, and behavioral patterns of older adults residing in a long-term care facility in Ontario based on the presence of hearing and vision impairments and/or cognitive impairments.

Variables	No Impairment	Vision impairment (VI)	Hearing impairment (HI)	Dual sensory impairment (DSI)	Cognitive impairment (CI)a	Cognitive + Sensory Impairment
						CI + Vision impairment	CI + Hearing impairment	CI + DSI
	N = 6,692	N = 1,867	N = 1,637	N = 1,072	N = 31,142	N = 23,142	N = 14,677	N = 30,349
%
Problems with short-term memory	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	96.2	97.2	95.8	97.4
Problems with long-term memory	0.6	1.1	0.6	0.9	78.5	85.0	74.6	85.5
Cognitive skills for daily decision-making
Independent/modified independent (0–1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	22.6	13.7	26.0	13.2
Moderate/severely impaired (2–4)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.4	86.3	74.0	86.8
Indicators of delirium
Easily distracted	7.3	9.1	10.3	9.8	53.0	54.4	55.7	58.2
Altered perceptions	2.6	3.9	3.7	5.5	37.2	41.7	40.7	48.3
Disorganized speech	2.1	3.1	3.4	3.3	35.5	41.6	36.7	45.9
Restlessness	3.6	5.8	3.7	4.9	33.1	37.9	34.1	42.5
Lethargy	9.1	10.6	11.6	14.1	30.7	36.9	34.5	43.5
Varying mental function	7.9	7.9	10.0	10.6	43.7	43.5	46.8	48.5
Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS)
Intact (0)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Borderline intact (1)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mild impairment (2)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.5	12.9	25.1	12.6
Moderate impairment (3)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	44.6	34.0	47.0	34.2
Moderate/severe impairment (4)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.4	9.8	8.7	11.5
Severe impairment (5)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.7	17.7	12.1	17.9
Very severe impairment (6)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.8	25.6	7.1	23.8
Depression Rating Scale (DRS)
No symptoms (0–2)	78.0	75.6	74.5	75.1	65.8	67.2	60.2	62.4
Symptoms (3–14)	22.0	24.4	25.5	24.9	34.2	32.8	39.8	37.6

^a score of 2+ on the CPS was used to determine the presence of CI