Structural indicators

Median (min-max)

1

Number of residents in facility

80.0 (15.0 - 250.0)

2

Rate of capacity utilization

98.0 (88.0 - 106.2)

Level of care required for residents in facility

3

Rate of level 1

3.8 (0.0 - 38.2)

4

Rate of level 2

10.9 (0.0 - 59.3)

5

Rate of level 3

22.0 (1.7 - 64.0)

6

Rate of level 4

30.0 (5.9 - 60.3)

7

Rate of level 5

28.8 (3.4 - 80.0)

Human resources

1

Number of residents per doctor

98.0 (4.6 - 1860.0)

2

Number of residents per nurse

12.1 (2.7 - 145.0)

3

Number of residents per care staff

2.3 (1.0 - 56.0)

4

Number of residents per speech therapist

50.7 (3.8 - 500.0)

5

Number of residents per managerial dietician

60.0 (6.0 - 235.0)

Process indicators

n (%)

1

Revision of manuals for measures against nutritional care management per year

712 (82.3)

2

Increasing awareness of actions and improving measures against nutritional care management among staff every three months

546 (63.1)

3

Holding review meetings and seminars related to measures against nutritional care management every three months

448 (51.8)

4

Assessment of oral functions using a feeding and swallowing assessment checklist every three months

298 (34.5)

5

Holding care conferences related to ingestion and swallowing every three months

577 (66.7)

6

Taking turns for risk identification such as danger on site every three months

430 (49.7)

7

Understanding fluid input-output as well as food intake daily

488 (56.4)

8

Weighing of patients daily

845 (97.7)

9

Maintaining the 1:2 ratio of meal-time assistants to residents

394 (45.5)

10

Considering autonomy devices specific for individual disabilities

772 (89.2)

11

Convincing residents to leave their bed and go to a public place at meal-time

852 (98.5)

12

Strictly prohibiting food consumption before hand/finger cleansing

741 (85.7)

13

Use of different oral care products depending on oral condition

767 (88.7)

14

Providing support for individual oral care (e.g., brushing) after every meal

726 (83.9)

15

Providing oral care to residents requiring daily tube feeding

783 (90.5)

16

Keeping the gastrointestinal site clean with running warm water and weakly alkaline soap

462 (53.4)

17

Summarizing and statistically analyzing concerning incidents once a month

628 (72.6)

18

Analysis of background factors at time of accident once a month

688 (79.5)