Miami University

Responses from the Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey suggest that families are very much involved in the care of relatives and friends who reside in nursing facilities. As the chart below illustrates, over 60 percent of families describe themselves as always or sometimes involved in their relative’s care with grooming, nearly one-half are involved with feeding, and just under 40 percent with dressing. Nearly four-fifths of the respondent families report visiting at least once weekly, and one-fifth of families report visiting daily.

*Percent of families that describe themselves as always or sometimes involved in their relative's care.

Source: Straker, Ehrichs, Ejaz & Fox (2003). Implementation of the 2002

Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey. Oxford, OH: Scripps

Gerontology Center, Miami University.

For further information click on Implementation of the 2002 Ohio Nursing

Home Family Satisfaction Survey by J.K. Straker, L. Ehrichs, F.K. Ejaz,

& K. Fox (2003) and on Ohio Long-Term Care Factbook by L.D. Murdoch and contributors (2002).