Characteristic | N (%) | Long term care (n = 41) | Retirement home (n = 64) |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 18 (17) | 5 (12) | 13 (20) |
 Female | 87 (83) | 36 (88) | 51 (80) |
Mean (SD) age (range) | 89 ± 7 (61–103) | 89 ± 8 (61–98) | 89 ± 6 (67–103) |
Use of cane or walker | 71 (68) | 24 (59) | 47 (73) |
Use of wheelchair | 33 (31) | 25 (6) | 8 (13) |
Visual impairment | 30 (29) | 26 (63) | 4 (6) |
Hearing impairment | 21 (20) | 20 (49) | 1 (2) |
Medications per resident (mean, SD, range) | 9 (4), 1–22 | 8 (4), 1–18 | 9 (4), 1–22 |
Diagnosis per resident (mean, SD, range) | 7 (3) (1–15) | 8 (3) 3–15 | 5 (2), 1–9 |
Number who experienced 1 fall during study period | 56 (54) | 16 (40) | 40 (64) |
Number who experienced >1 fall during study period | 47 (46) | 24 (60) | 23 (37) |
History of falling in the last 6Â months | Â | Â | Â |
 Has fallen 1–2 times | 20 (19) | 10 (24) | 10 (16) |
 Multiple history of falling | 28 (27) | 15 (37) | 13 (20) |
 No history | 57 (54) | 16 (41) | 41 (65) |
Diagnoses | Â | Â | Â |
 Hypertension | 65 (62) | 39 (95) | 26 (40) |
 Osteoarthritis | 33 (31) | 18 (44) | 15 (23) |
 Osteoporosis | 20 (19) | 10 (24) | 10 (16) |
 Dementia | 48 (4 6) | 26 (63) | 22 (34) |
 Depression | 29 (28) | 17 (42) | 12 (19) |
 Stroke/TIA | 28 (27) | 15 (37) | 13 (20) |
 Anemia | 17 (16) | 14 (34) | 3 (5) |
 Cataracts | 15 (14) | 10 (24) | 5 (8) |
 Anxiety | 12 (11) | 10 (24) | 2 (3) |
 DM | 12 (11) | 6 (15) | 6 (9) |
 Hypothyroidism | 12 (11) | 5 (12) | 7 (11) |
 Atrial fibrillation | 10 (10) | 4 (10) | 6 (9) |
 GERD | 10 (10) | 7 (17) | 3 (5) |
 IHD | 6 (6) | 3 (7) | 3 (5) |
CPS score | Â | Â | Â |
 0–2 | 11 (28) | 10 (26) | 1 (100) |
 3–4 | 24 (62) | 24 (63) | 0 (0) |
 5–6 | 4 (10) | 4 (11) | 0 (0) |