Table 1 Characteristics of care home staff
| Â | N (%a) or Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
Type of care facility | |
 Residential home | 112 (52.8%) |
 Nursing home | 100 (47.2%) |
Sector | |
 Private | 158 (74.5%) |
 Local Authority | 36 (17.0%) |
 Voluntary | 18 (8.5%) |
 Number of beds | 38.7 (21.4) |
 Number of residents with dementia | 19.7 (13.9) |
 Number of permanent staff | 36.6 (24.4) |
Male | 29 (14.1%) |
Age | 44.0 (12.1) |
<30Â years | 32 (15.5%) |
30–39 years | 35 (17.0%) |
40–49 years | 64 (31.1%) |
50–59 years | 56 (27.2%) |
> = 60 years | 19 (9.2%) |
Ethnicity | |
 White | 192 (91.9%) |
 Non-white | 17 (8.1%) |
Highest Education or Qualification achieved | |
 Low or none | 58 (27.4%) |
 Medium | 43 (20.3%) |
 Higher | 111 (52.4%) |
Current job title | |
 Manager | 71 (35.0%) |
 Team leader or senior carer | 39 (19.2%) |
 Carer or care assistant | 71 (35.0%) |
 Nurse | 22 (10.8%) |
 Full time | 166 (81.0%) |
 Working hours per week | 33.7 (10.4) |
 Trained in dementia care | 174 (92.6%) |
 Work in care homes (years) | 11.7 (8.55) |
 Work with people with dementia (years) | 10.9 (8.45) |