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Trends in long-term care staffing by facility ownership in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006

Publication: Health Reports 2010:21(4) www.statcan.gc.ca/healthreports

Authors: Margaret J. McGregor, Robert B. Tate, Lisa A. Ronald, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Michelle B. Cox, Whitney Berta and Anne-Marie Broemeling

Data: Residential Care Facilities Survey

Between 1996 and 2006, trends in nursing home staffing levels differed by ownership. In for-profit facilities, mean total nursing (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and care aide) hours per resident-day rose from 1.95 in 1996 to 2.13 in 2006. In not-for-profit non-government facilities, the increase was from 1.99 to 2.48 hours, and in not-for-profit health-region-owned facilities, from 2.25 to 3.30 hours. However, in each type of facility, registered nurse (RN) hours as a proportion of total nursing hours did not change appreciably over the period, so the increases in total nursing hours per resident-day were almost entirely the result of increases in non-RN hours.

Total therapist/activity aide hours per resident-day decreased in for-profit facilities, but remained stable in both types of not-for-profit facilities.

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For more information about this article, contact Margaret McGregor (1-604-827-4129; mrgret@interchange.ubc.ca), Department of Family Practice Research Office, University of British Columbia.