Table 2 Facility, care unit, and care aide characteristics at by time of data collection and study arm

Facility sample

Number of facilities

18

19

14

12

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Region

Calgary

4 (22.2%)

4 (21.1%)

3 (21.4%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Edmonton

4 (22.2%)

5 (26.3%)

3 (21.4%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Fraser Health

6 (33.3%)

6 (31.6%)

6 (42.9%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Interior Health

4 (22.2%)

4 (21.1%)

2 (14.3%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Size

Small (< 80 beds)

6 (33.3%)

6 (31.6%)

3 (21.4%)

2 (16.7%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Medium (80–120 beds)

4 (22.2%)

7 (36.8%)

5 (35.7%)

4 (33.3%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Large (> 120 beds)

8 (44.4%)

6 (31.6%)

6 (42.9%)

6 (50.0%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Ownership

Public, not-for-profit

5 (27.8%)

5 (26.3%)

3 (21.4%)

2 (16.7%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Voluntary, not-for-profit

5 (27.8%)

6 (31.6%)

3 (21.4%)

6 (50.0%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Private, for-profit

8 (44.4%)

8 (42.1%)

8 (57.1%)

4 (33.3%)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Care unit sample

Number of care units

46

60

41

44

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Care unit staffing (M ± SD)

Total care hours per resident day

3.4 ± 1.5

3.2 ± 1.0

3.2 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.7

2.5 ± 1.2

2.7 ± 0.8

3.0 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 0.5

2.6 ± 1.1

2.9 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.5

Proportion of care aide hours among total care hours per resident day

63.7 ± 13.0

71.9 ± 10.0

73.0 ± 8.4

70.1 ± 5.7

69.5 ± 9.1

68.9 ± 10.5

73.4 ± 9.8

66.8 ± 5.1

69.2 ± 6.6

68.1 ± 11.2

67.5 ± 8.0

65.1 ± 8.6

Care aide sample

Number of care aides

621

824

566

544

624

789

543

586

533

737

538

594

Females

560 (90.2%)

753 (91.4%)

505 (89.2%)

474 (87.1%)

554 (88.8%)

728 (92.4%)

494 (91.3%)

513 (87.5%)

489 (91.7%)

679 (92.1%)

487 (90.5%)

502 (84.0%)

Age category

< 25 years

17 (2.7%)

13 (1.6%)

30 (5.3%)

23 (4.2%)

25 (4.0%)

14 (1.8%)

32 (5.9%)

10 (1.7%)

11 (2.1%)

25 (3.4%)

14 (2.6%)

8 (1.3%)

25–34 years

130 (20.9%)

117 (14.2%)

98 (17.3%)

82 (15.1%)

102 (16.4%)

112 (14.2%)

97 (17.9%)

83 (14.2%)

88 (16.5%)

96 (13.0%)

101 (18.8%)

83 (13.9%)

35–44 years

184 (29.6%)

256 (31.1%)

163 (28.8%)

130 (23.9%)

167 (26.8%)

232 (29.4%)

134 (24.7%

155 (26.5%)

143 (26.8%)

195 (26.5%)

130 (24.2%)

147 (24.5%)

45–54 years

169 (27.2%)

259 (31.4%)

170 (30.0%)

176 (32.4%)

191 (30.6%)

254 (32.2%)

172 (31.7%)

175 (29.9%)

166 (31.1%)

242 (32.8%)

167 (31.0%)

190 (31.7%)

> 54 years

121 (19.5%)

179 (21.7%)

105 (18.6%)

133 (24.5%)

139 (22.3%)

177 (22.4%)

108 (19.9%)

163 (27.8%)

125 (23.5%)

179 (24.3%)

126 (23.4%)

171 (28.6%)

English as second language

375 (60.4%)

569 (69.1%)

357 (63.1%)

362 (66.5%)

382 (61.2%)

567 (71.9%)

384 (70.7%)

433 (73.9%)

351 (65.9%)

554 (75.2%)

370 (68.8%)

450 (75.1%)