Nursing Research and Practice

Research Article

Time in Care for Older People Living in Nursing Homes

Table 2

(a) Direct time in mean minutes per activity from 6.45 AM to 9.15 PM Nursing home 2.
Period 1Period 2
ActivityNumber of measurement activitiesMeanSdRangeNumber of measurement activityMeanSdRange
Shower/bath 2420131–43 152315 1–63
Injection 7 3 21– 6 13 4 31–10
KAD 5 4 51–12 2 2 11–2
Drug175 3 41–35151 3 31–18
Nutrition 87 11101–50 6213151–73
Hygiene199 7 61–26130 7 51–27
Cognitive Care 73 6 91–63 25 6 91–47
Rehabilitation 5 12151–34 411121–40
Social activity 8 8 91–27 811141–45
Wound 8 5 31–10 616211–52
Observation 81 2 21–11 60 2 31–13
Visits to toilet 85 5 41–24 75 4 31–12
Transport 18 2 31–28 39 3 41–30
Other 17 5 61–24 18 4 81–73
Total792 7 61– 63608 8 81–73
refer to administration of insulin by nursing assistants on delegation.
(b) Indirect time in mean minutes per activity from 6.45 AM to 9.15 PM Nursing home 2.
ActivityNumber of measurement activitiesMeanSdRangeNumber of measurement activityMeanSdRange
Documentation 14 7 42–16 1510 51–23
Store 23 5 61–26 15 6 51–14
Walking time 942 2 21–21 775 2 41–51
Communication 152 5 61–49 133 5 51–33
Preparing food 151 7 91–91 94 7 61–26
Report 5410 81– 37 4612102–52
Social activities 17 7 81–29 1711201–64
Cleaning 37 9111–54 516 98–27
Phone 31 3 61–33 16 3 21–7
Transport 18 2 11–28 39 3 21–11
Washing 41 3 41–15 20 4 51–17
Waiting time 73 6 71–32 49 5 61–24
Other 3 4 32–7 4 3 21–5
Total1556 5 61–911228 7 61–64
(c) Work- place related time in mean minutes per activity from 6.45 AM to 9.15 PM Nursing home 2.
ActivityNumber of measurement activitiesMeanSdRangeNumber of measurement activityMeanSdRange
Control 1 1—1–1 1 3 —3–3
equipment
Personnel58 8121–4829 4 31–13
time
Conference 890741–148 — — — —
Phone 8 3 31– 812 4 61–10
Cleaning 5 5 51–15 313134–28
Total8021 191–148 45 5 41–28