Table 1.

Characteristics of Eligible Assisted Living Facilities.

	Percentage of direct care staff trained in end-of-life care
AL Facility Characteristics	Low (n = 21)		High (n = 24)
	M	SD	M	SD
Census	75.95	38.46	56.92	27.56
Capacity	85.43	39.82	68.33	32.78
	n	%	n	%
ALs with hospice residents	11	52.38	17	70.83
Frequency of hospice use
0 residents	10	47.6	7	29.2
1-5 resident	4	19.0	2	8.3
6 or more residents	7	33.4	15	62.5

Note. Direct care staff training attendance was collected in six categories: 0%, 1% to 19%, 20% to 39%, 40% to 59%, 60% to 79%, and 80% to 100% and then split into two groups, high = 60% to 100% and low = 0% to 59%; 13 facilities were assigned a rate of 0% attendance as they reported that they do not offer training. Resident hospice use data are for the 3 months prior to data collection; AL census and capacity data are from the time of data collection. AL = assisted living.