Table 1.
Participant demographics (N = 47)
| Substitute decision‐makers (N = 26) | LTC home staff (N = 21) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N | % | N | % |
| Agea | 59 (12.3), 41–86 | ‐ | 46.1 (10.7), 23–65 | ‐ |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 5 | 19.2 | 2 | 9.6 |
| Female | 21 | 80.8 | 19 | 90.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 25 | 96.2 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Other | 1 | 3.8 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Education level | ||||
| Grade school | 1 | 3.8 | ‐ | ‐ |
| High school graduate | 2 | 7.7 | ‐ | ‐ |
| College graduateb | 4 | 15.4 | 20 | 95.2 |
| University graduateb | 13 | 50 | 1 | 4.7 |
| Graduate school (Master's or Doctorate) | 6 | 23 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Employmenta | ||||
| Number of years in healthcare | ‐ | ‐ | 14 (7.2), 1–30 | ‐ |
| Years of employment at facility | ‐ | ‐ | 9 (3.7), 0.25–13 | ‐ |
| Job statusa | ||||
| Full‐time | ‐ | ‐ | 18 (85.7) | ‐ |
| Part‐time | ‐ | ‐ | 3 (14.3) | ‐ |
| Private full‐time caregiverc | ‐ | ‐ | 5 (23.8) | ‐ |
| Average visits per weeka | 2.3 (1.7), 0.25–5 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| ‘How well do you know the resident?’a, d | 9.3 (1.3), 4–10 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Abbreviation: LTC, long‐term care.
a
Mean (SD), and range provided in lieu of N (%).
b
For LTC Home staff, college education refers specifically to completion of a healthcare aide certificate programme or RPN programme. University graduate refers to a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
c
Hired full‐time caregivers who were paid by the family to provide care for only their loved one.
d
On a scale of 1–10.