| Advice seekers | Boundary spanners | Opinion leaders | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Professional role | ||||
 Senior leadership position in an LTC facility | 22 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
 Corporate-level position in LTC organization | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Position in regional health authority/government | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Works at > 1 facility1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Owner-operator model of facility1 | ||||
 Public not-for-profit | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
 Private for-profit | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 Voluntary not-for-profit | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
 Private not-for-profit | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Number of beds in facility1 | ||||
 0–79 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
 80–120 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
 > 120 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
 Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gender | ||||
 Women | 21 | 4 | 13 | 38 |
 Men | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Age | ||||
 20–39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 40–59 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 32 |
 60 + | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
First language | ||||
 English | 22 | 4 | 13 | 39 |
Education | ||||
 Diploma/certificate | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
 Bachelors | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
 Graduate | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
Professional background | ||||
 Nursing | 18 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
 Business | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Other | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tenure in LTC [M (SD)] | 15.52 (9.98) | 20.00 (10.68) | 14.54 (10.48) | 15.66 (10.06) |
Tenure in current job [M (SD)] | 6.82 (5.40) | 8.25 (4.43) | 5.31 (3.47) | 6.46 (4.72) |