Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia: an observational study

Table 1 Care home characteristics*

Care Home	CH1	CH2	CH3	CH4	CH5	CH6
Provider type	Private not for profit	Private not for profit	Private not for profit	Voluntary	Private	Private
Number of places	46	62	60**	66	67	57
Number of dementia places	46	61	60	66	67	57
Location	Suburban	Urban	Suburban	Urban	Rural	Rural
Building	Local authority	Purpose built	Purpose built	Purpose built	Conversion	Purpose built
Religious affiliation	No	No	No	Yes	No	No

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