Table 1.
Characteristics of home care patients with dementia.
| Overall (N = 12,043) Mean [SD] |
English (N = 7887) Mean [SD] |
Non-English (N = 4156) Mean [SD] |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age* | 82.40 [10.73] | 82.57 [10.73] | 82.07 [10.11] |
| HHC LOS* | 36.32 [22.19] | 36.03 [22.13] | 36.86 [22.29] |
| Functional status*,† | 4.04 [2.16] | 4.01 [2.17] | 4.10 [2.14] |
| N [%] | N [%] | N [%] | |
| Male*** | 4116 [34.18] | 2822 [35.78] | 1294 [31.14] |
| Race*** | |||
| White | 4421 [36.71] | 4063 [51.52] | 358 [8.61] |
| Black | 3112 [25.84] | 3053 [38.71] | 59 [1.42] |
| Hispanic | 3964 [32.92] | 494 [6.26] | 3470 [83.49] |
| Other | 546 [4.53] | 277 [3.51] | 269 [6.47] |
| Insurance*** | |||
| Medicare | 8405 [69.79] | 6034 [76.56] | 2371 [57.09] |
| Medicaid | 664 [5.51] | 288 [3.65] | 376 [9.05] |
| Dual | 1547 [12.85] | 580 [7.36] | 967 [23.28] |
| Other | 1418 [11.78] | 979 [12.42] | 439 [10.57] |
| Overall health status** | |||
| Stable with no high health risk(s) | 1559 [12.95] | 1058 [13.41] | 501 [12.05] |
| Temporarily facing high health risk(s) | 7706 [63.99] | 4952 [62.79] | 2754 [66.27] |
| Fragile with ongoing high risk(s) or serious progressive conditions | 2649 [22.00] | 1792 [22.72] | 857 [20.62] |
| Unknown/unclear | 129 [1.07] | 85 [1.08] | 44 [1.06] |
| Pain | |||
| No pain | 5615 [46.72] | 3713 [47.18] | 1902 [45.85] |
| Pain but no interference with activity | 1258 [10.47] | 829 [10.53] | 429 [10.34] |
| < daily | 1769 [14.72] | 1152 [14.64] | 617 [14.87] |
| Daily or all of the time | 3376 [28.09] | 2176 [27.65] | 1200 [28.93] |
| Presence of PU*** | 1155 [9.59] | 830 [10.52] | 325 [7.82] |
| Presence of urinary incontinence | 8200 [68.21] | 5384 [68.38] | 2816 [67.89] |
| Short of breath** | |||
| No short of breath | 7215 [60.01] | 4782 [60.73] | 2433 [58.65] |
| Walking >20 feet | 2525 [21.00] | 1600 [20.32] | 925 [22.30] |
| With moderate exertion | 1657 [13.78] | 1108 [14.07] | 549 [13.24] |
| With minimal exertion or with agitation or at rest | 625 [5.20] | 384 [4.88] | 241 [5.81] |
| Cognition*** | |||
| Alert/oriented | 2100 [17.47] | 1456 [18.50] | 644 [15.52] |
| Requires prompting under stressful or unfamiliar conditions | 4219 [35.09] | 2785 [35.38] | 1434 [34.55] |
| Requires assistance and direction | 3448 [28.68] | 2222 [28.23] | 1226 [29.54] |
| Requires considerable assistance in routine situations or totally dependent | 2255 [18.76] | 1409 [17.90] | 846 [20.39] |
| Anxiety** | |||
| None of the time | 7629 [65.33] | 4952 [64.61] | 2677 [66.71] |
| less often than daily | 2177 [18.64] | 1428 [18.63] | 749 [18.66] |
| Daily but not constantly | 1659 [14.21] | 1149 [14.99] | 510 [12.71] |
| All the time | 213 [1.82] | 136 [1.77] | 77 [1.92] |
| Presence of medication issues*** | 4865 [40.94] | 3025 [38.86] | 1840 [44.91] |
| N of risk factors for hospitalization | |||
| No risk factor | 1015 [8.43] | 669 [8.48] | 346 [8.33] |
| 1 or 2 risk factors | 7098 [58.94] | 4602 [58.35] | 2496 [60.06] |
| >=3 risk factors | 3930 [32.63] | 2616 [33.17] | 1314 [31.62] |
| N of comorbidities*** | |||
| No comorbidity | 591 [4.91] | 453 [5.74] | 138 [3.32] |
| 1 comorbidity | 2159 [17.93] | 1542 [19.55] | 617 [14.85] |
| 2 comorbidities | 3389 [28.14] | 2335 [29.61] | 1054 [25.36] |
| >=3 comorbidities | 5904 [49.02] | 3557 [45.10] | 2347 [56.47] |
| Live alone* | 4109 [34.12] | 2749 [34.85] | 1360 [32.72] |
*
p < 0.5.
**
p < 0.001.
***
p > 0.001.
†
Possible score range of functional status, 0–8.