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. 2022 Jul 4;51(3):249–261. doi: 10.1159/000525343

Table 3.

Prevalence of high social connectedness score (SCI = 5) by resident and facility characteristics among nursing home residents with ADRD

Sample size, n %
Resident characteristics
Women 498,416 79.9
Men 222,658 76.2
Age group, years
  40–64 40,885 74.0
  65–74 92,052 76.5
  75–84 217,636 78.2
  85–94 302,156 80.1
  ≥95 68,345 80.1
Hispanic of any race(s) 42,675 81.6
Not Hispanic and
  White only 566,208 77.8
  Black only 94,275 81.8
  American Indian/Alaska Native only 2,153 74.3
  Asian only 13,181 85.9
  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander only 2,254 81.5
  Multiracial 328 79.3
Marital status
  Married 167,450 77.4
  Widowed 364,869 80.0
  Divorced/separated 94,305 77.1
  Never married 94,450 77.6
Family involvement in care
  Important 644,802 79.4
  Not important 76,272 72.8
Cognitive function scale
  Intact/mild impairment 259,073 86.0
  Moderate impairment 332,656 75.2
  Severe impairment 129,345 73.1
Activities of daily living
  Independent 107,551 82.7
  Modified independence 416,071 77.1
  Dependent 197,452 79.9
Living in nursing home for, months
  ≤5 298,964 78.3
  6–11 104,186 78.8
  12–23 131,874 79.1
  ≥24 186,050 79.1

Nursing home factors
Member of a chain
  Yes 407,574 79.6
  No 313,500 77.5
Ownership
  Government 50,484 75.1
  For profit 507,804 79.7
  Not for profit 162,786 76.7
Beds
  ≥200 beds 115,592 78.0
  100–199 beds 400,377 79.6
  50–100 beds 182,875 77.7
  <50 beds 22,230 74.0
Occupancy, %
  ≥95 137,235 77.9
  90 to <95 164,028 79.2
  80% to <90 218,485 79.2
<80 201,326 78.4

Location
  Rural 148,880 75.3
  Urban 572,194 79.6
% Skilled nursing/short stay, %
  ≥60 88,849 83.5
  50–59 109,592 81.1
  40–49 155,662 80.2
  ≤39 366,971 76.2
Alzheimer's specialty care beds
  Any 165,786 73.9
  None 555,288 80.2
Residents with Alzheimer's disease/dementia, %
  ≥60 52,924 69.4
  50–59 88,039 74.5
  40–49 163,733 76.9
  ≤39 416,378 81.5

Nursing home staffing variables
Nurse practitioners or physician assistants
  Any 539,415 79.1
  None 181,659 77.6
Adjusted direct care staff <3 per resident per day
  Yes 62,072 78.8
  No 659,002 78.3
Adjusted registered nurse <0.5 per resident per day
  Yes 384,546 79.2
  No 336,528 78.1
RN staffing star rating
  1 65,234 78.7
  2 130,472 79.6
  3 206,848 79.2
  4 193,882 78.7
  5 124,638 77.0
Overall staffing star rating
  1 90,557 79.4
  2 110,387 78.7
  3 234,628 79.4
  4 227,290 78.3
  5 58,212 76.4
Overall star rating
  1 123,998 78.1
  2 140,385 78.9
  3 139,814 78.4
  4 166,901 78.5
  5 149,976 79.6