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Table 2 Residents characteristics of various LUs

From: Structural characteristics of specialised living units for people with dementia: a cross-sectional study in German nursing homes

 

LSLU I

LSLU II

LILU

SSLU

SILU

Total n

285

274

994

99

154

Age (mean, years) ± SD (Min-Max)

83.2 ± 7.5 (59–101)

80.8 ± 8.9 (48–99)

83.5 ± 9.1 (44–106)

82.7 ± 9.1 (46–96)

83.4 ± 9.0 (46–99)

Sex (female), n (%)

221 (77.5)

203 (74.1)

754 (75.8)

72 (72.7)

116 (75.3)

Care level

     

 No care level

0

1 (0.4)

15 (1.5)

1 (1.0)

2 (1.3)

 1 (considerable care dependency)

59 (20.7)

46 (16.8)

328 (33.0)

26 (26.3)

63 (40.9)

 2 (severe care dependency)

146 (51.2)

133 (48.5)

425 (42.8)

38 (38.4)

68 (44.2)

 3 (very severe care dependency)

80 (28.1)

94 (34.3)

226 (22.7)

34 (34.3)

21 (13.6)

Diagnosis of dementia, n (%)

258 (90.5)

270 (98.5)

611 (61.5)

88 (88.9)

100 (64.9)

Dementia Severity1

     

 No dementia, n (%)

22 (7.7)

2 (0.7)

281 (28.4)

7 (7.1)

50 (32.5)

 Mild-moderate dementia, n (%)

60 (21.1)

33 (12.0)

339 (34.2)

25 (25.3)

46 (29.9)

 Severe dementia, n (%)

203 (71.2)

239 (87.3)

371 (37.4)

67 (67.7)

58 (37.7)

  1. LSLU I-Large Segregated Living Unit not extra funded; LSLU II- Large Segregated Unit extra funded;
  2. SSLU-Small Segregated Living Unit; LILU-Large Integrated Living Unit; SILU-Small Integrated Living Unit.
  3. SGB XI – Social insurance law XI.
  4. 1assessed with the Dementia Severity Scale [29].