Table 1. Study site characteristics.
| Characteristic | Site 1: Sudbury, Ontario | Site 2: Burlington, Ontario | Site 3: Hamilton, Ontario | Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geographic Density1 | Suburban/Rural | Suburban/Rural | Urban | |
| Participants Enrolled | 18 | 36 | 73 | |
| Intervention Nurse Turnover | 2 RNs replaced 4 months into intervention | 1 RN added 8 months into the intervention | 1 RN added 12 months into the intervention | |
| Population | ~165,000 | ~205,000 | ~580,000 | |
| Language | 25% French first language; 39% bilingual (English and French) | 81% English as first language | 23.1% non-official language as first language; 73.5% English as first language | 2.4% French first-language; 26.7% non-official language as first language; 66.9% English as first language |
| Ethnocultural Diversity | 3.8% visible minority. 12.5% FNIM | 9.7% visible minority. 0.7% FNIM | 19.0% visible minority. 2.1% FNIM | 22.3% visible minority. 6.2% FNIM |
| Proportion of older adults | 20.4% | 19.3% | 24.5% | 16.4% |
| Proportion of older adults with low income | 2.3% | 4.3% | 7.4% | 5.1% |
RN: Registered Nurse, FNIM: First Nations, Inuit, or Metis
1 In Canada, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines a predominantly rural region as having more than 50% of the population living in rural communities where a rural community" has a population density less than 150 people per square kilometre. Predominantly urban regions have less than 15 percent of their population living in a rural community.