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New Aged Care Quality Indicators: From April 2023

St Sergius presently reports the following quality information (de-identified) to the Australian Government every three months as part of the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program (QI Program) for residential aged care.

The Government’s aim is to form an evidence base of quality information that can be used to improve the quality of aged care services.

New quality indicators for residential aged care have been recently tested in the Department of Health and Aged Care’s pilot program and from April 2023 St Sergius will add these indicators to its reporting program.

Activities of daily living (ADL): percentage of care recipients whose ADL function has declined
Continence: percentage of care recipients with incontinence associated dermatitis
Hospitalisations: percentage of care recipients who presented to hospital
Workforce: percentage of staff turnover
Consumer experience: percentage of care recipients who report good or excellent experience of the service
Quality of life: percentage of care recipients who report good or excellent quality of life.

Quality indicator data is published Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) GEN Aged Care Data website. It is expected that a national quality indicator for home care will commence in the coming 12 months.

Reference:

https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/national-aged-care-mandatory-quality-indicator-program-qi-program