From: How do case managers spend time on their functions and activities?
Variables | n (%) | Mean (range) | SD |
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Case manager information | |||
1. Age | |||
18–40 | 42 (27.3) | ||
41–60 | 98 (63.6) | ||
Over 60 | 14 (9.1) | ||
2. Female gender | 134 (87.0) | ||
3. Case managers (versus lead case managers) | 130 (84.8) | ||
4. Australian born (versus born overseas) | 110 (71.4) | ||
5. Professional backgrounds | |||
Nursing | 45 (29.2) | ||
Social work | 38 (24.7) | ||
Allied health | 47 (30.5) | ||
Others | 24 (15.6) | ||
6. Qualifications | |||
Certificate/diploma | 59 (38.3) | ||
Bachelor | 79 (51.3) | ||
Master | 16 (10.4) | ||
7. Practice locations | |||
Rural place | 39 (25.3) | ||
Suburb | 73 (47.5) | ||
City | 21 (13.6) | ||
Multiple regions | 21 (13.6) | ||
8. Full-time (versus casual/part-time) workers | 94 (61.4) | ||
9. Level of authority over budget management | |||
No to partial | 99 (65.6) | ||
Complete | 52 (34.4) | ||
10. Level of involvement in organisational decision-making | |||
No to medium | 119 (81.0) | ||
Strong | 28 (19.0) | ||
11. Years working as a case manager | 6.4 (0.2–30) | 5.4 | |
12. Caseload: number of community aged care (CACP, EACH and EACHD) and other community care clients | 21 (3–45) | 7.4 | |
13. Caseload types | |||
Only one type | 37 (24.8) | ||
More than one type | 112 (75.2) | ||
14. Number of community aged care clients | 18 (3–40) | 8.8 | |
15. Emphasis on achieving the number of goals | 4.9 (1–7) | 1.4 | |
Organisational information | |||
1. Organisational size (measured by the number of community aged care packages provided) | 414 (10–1298) | 442 | |
2. Private not-for-profit (versus government-owned) organisations | 116 (75.3) | ||
Client information | |||
1. Born in Australia (%) | 57.2 % (0–100 %) | 30.6 % | |
2. Living with dementia (%) | 21.6 % (0–92.6 %) | 16.3 % | |
3. Living alone (%) | 47.8 % (0–100 %) | 22.6 % | |
4. Having carers (%) | 50.2 % (0–100 %) | 28.5 % | |
5. Having high care needs (%) | 34.3 % (0–100 %) | 24.4 % | |
6. Level of involvement in case management processes | |||
No to mild | 29 (19.6) | ||
Moderate | 53 (35.8) | ||
Strong | 66 (44.6) |