Table 4 Hospital admission characteristics of residential aged care residents, including residents with and without advanced dementia
From: Residential aged care residents and components of end of life care in an Australian hospital
Measures | Total | Advanced Dementia | Without Advanced Dementia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (+/− %) | Mean (SD, Range) | Number (+/− %) | Mean (SD, Range) | Number (+/− %) | Mean (SD, Range) | ||
For Patients Admitted | 101 | Â | 22 | Â | 79 | Â | |
 Admission Team | General Medicine | 76 (75) | 21 (95) | 55 (70) | |||
Surgery | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | ||||
Orthopaedics | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | ||||
Palliative Care | 14 (14) | 1 (5) | 13 (16) | ||||
ICU/HDU | 5 (5) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | ||||
Admission | Length of Stay (Days) |  | 5.2 (5.3, 0.1–33.1) |  | 3.5 (2.5, 0.4–11.8) |  | 5.7 (5.7, 0.1–33.1) |
|  | Advanced Dementia vs Without Advanced Dementia |  | p = 0.330 | ||||
For Patients with Admission Completed | 103 | Â | 24 | Â | 79 | Â | |
 Resuscitation Order | Documented | 92 (89) | 23 (96) | 69 (87) | |||
Not Documented | 11 (11) | 1 (4) | 10 (13) | ||||
 If Resuscitation Documented | Not for Resuscitation | 89 (97) | 23 (100) | 66 (96) | |||
For Resuscitation | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | ||||
For Patients Admitted | 101 | Â | 22 | Â | 79 | Â | |
 Number of Treating Teams | One | 77 (76) | 18 (82) |  | 59 (75) |  | |
Two | 22 (22) | 4 (18) | 18 (23) | ||||
Three | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | ||||
 Treating Teams | General Medicine | 82 (81) |  | 21 (95) |  | 61 (77) |  |
Surgery | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | ||||
Orthopaedics | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | ||||
Palliative Care | 31 (31) | 5 (23) | 26 (33) | ||||
ICU/HDU | 9 (9) | 0 (0) | 9 (11) | ||||