Table 2.
Characteristics of Residents with and without Family or Friend Contact (April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2018).
| Number of individuals and % of individuals (95% CI for %) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Contact with family or friends (n = 24,385) | No contact with family or friends (n = 945) | |
| Characteristics | ||
| Female | 14,891 61.1 (60.5–61.7) |
506 53.5 (50.36–56.73) |
| Male | 9,494 38.9 (38.3–39.6) |
439 46.4 (43.3–49.6) |
| Age [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 85.6 (85.5–85.7) |
81.47 (80.7–82.2) |
| Length of stay [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 2.1 (2.05–2.1) | 2.7 (2.5–2.9) |
| Age and sex | ||
| Male age [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 83.7 (83.5–83.9) |
78.9 (77.8–80.0) |
| Female age [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 86.9 (86.0–87.0) |
83.7 (82.7–84.7) |
| Length of stay and sex | ||
| Male length of stay [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 1.8 (1.7–1.8) | 2.2 (1.9–2.4) |
| Female length of stay [years] (mean, 95% CI for mean) | 2.3 (2.2–2.3) | 3.2 (2.8–3.6) |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married | 1,431 5.9 (5.6–6.2) |
149 15.8 (13.4–18.1) |
| Married | 7,235 29.6 (29.1–30.3) |
177 18.7 (16.2–21.2) |
| Widowed | 11,631 47.7 (47.1–48.4) |
365 38.6 (35.5–41.7) |
| Separated | 385 1.6 (1.4–1.7) |
33 3.5 (2.3–4.7) |
| Divorced | 1,766 7.3 (6.9–7.6) |
133 14.1 (11.9–16.3) |
| Unknown | 1,914 7.9 (7.5–8.2) |
88 9.3 (7.5–11.2) |
| Disease diagnoses | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 5,621 23.1 (22.6–23.6) |
251 26.6 (23.8–29.4) |
| Heart disease | 1,239 11.2 (10.6–11.8) |
44 10.6 (7.6–13.5) |
| Congestive heart failure | 1,946 17.6 (16.9–18.3) |
66 15.8 (12.3–19.3) |
| Hypertension | 6,177 55.9 (54.9–56.8) |
211 50.6 (45.8–55.4) |
| Arthritis | 3,713 33.6 (32.7–34.5) |
118 28.3 (24.0–32.6) |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 1,350 12.1 (11.6–12.8) |
47 11.3 (8.2–14.3) |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 4,759 19.6 (19.0–20.0) |
173 18.3 (15.9–20.8) |
| Dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease | 13,028 53.5 (52.9–54.1) |
511 54.1 (51.0–57.3) |
| Parkinson’s disease | 715 6.5 (6.0–6.9) |
30 7.2 (4.7–9.7) |
| Seizure disorder | 493 4.5 (4.1–4.8) |
31 7.4 (4.9–10.0) |
| Traumatic brain injury | 114 1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
11 2.6 (1.1–4.2) |
| Anxiety disorder | 1,059 9.6 (9.0–10.1) |
41 9.8 (7.0–12.7) |
| Depression | 7,935 32.6 (32.0–33.2) |
349 37.0 (33.9–40.0) |
| Bipolar disorder | 391 1.6 (1.4–1.8) |
27 2.9 (1.8–3.9) |
| Schizophrenia | 424 1.7 (1.6–1.9) |
61 6.5 (4.9–8.0) |
| Emphysema/COPD | 2,207 20.0 (19.2–20.7) |
105 25.2 (21.0–29.3) |
| Liver disease | 363 1.5 (1.3–1.6) |
28 3.0 (1.9–4.0) |