total: 91 residents

gender distribution: 53 women (58.24%)

mean age (mean ± SD): 80.77 ± 6.823 (years)

age distribution [age group: number of residents (% of total)]

65 - 75 yo:

21 residents (23.08%)

76 - 85 yo:

48 residents (52.75%)

>85 yo:

22 residents (24.17%)

creatinineclearance^a (CrCl) (ml/ min) [CrCl category: number of residents (% of 73 residents)]

CrCl < 29 ml/min

10 residents (14%)

CrCl 30 - 59 ml/min

48 residents (65%)

CrCl ≥ 60 ml/min

15 residents (21%)

median number of diagnoses: 6 (range 2 - 11)

mean number of diagnoses (±SD): 5.87 (±2.16)

degree of functional independence^b [number of residents (% of total)]

for all residents

65 - 75 yo/21 residents

76 - 85 yo/48 residents

>85 yo/22 residents

dependent

63 (69%)

17 (81%)

33 (69%)

13 (59%)

independent

28 (31%)

4 (19%)

15 (31%)

9 (41%)

dementia status^c [number of residents (% of total)]

for all residents

65-75 yo/21 residents

76 - 85 yo/48 residents

>85 yo/22 residents

0

33 (36%)

8 (38%)

18 (38%)

7 (32%)

1

58 (64%)

13 (62%)

30 (63%)

15 (68%)

median number of medications administered daily to a resident: 8 (range 3 - 24)

mean number of medications administered daily to a resident (±SD): 8.26 (±3.52)

distribution of the number of daily medications used

≤5 medications/ day

15 residents (16% of total)

6 - 10 medications/ day

60 residents (66% of total)

≥11 medications/ day

16 residents (18% of total)