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Table 1 Characteristics of older residents

From: Gaps between the subjective needs of older facility residents and how care workers understand them: a pairwise cross-sectional study

 

Resident

N = 115

(%)

Gender

 Female

94

(82)

 Male

21

(18)

Type of facility

 NH

15

(13)

 GICF

100

(87)

Age

 <75 years

17

(15)

 ≥75 years

98

(85)

Length of stay

 <6 months

33

(29)

 ≥6 months

82

(71)

Independence in ADL

 Moving: walking

44

(38)

 Moving: w/c

33

(29)

 Transfer

68

(59)

 Using the lavatory (N = 113)

56

(49)

 Eating

77

(67)

 Changing clothes

55

(48)

MMSE

 ≥24

60

(52)

 23–18

55

(48)

  1. GICF geriatric intermediate care facility, NH nursing home, W/C wheelchair, ADL activities of daily living, MMSE mini mental state examination