Proportion of Older People Who Were Offered Rehabilitation Following Discharge From Acute or Community Hospital
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of older people offered reablement services following discharge from hospital.
Numerator
Number of older people (aged 65 and over) discharged from acute or community hospitals from hospital to their own home or to a residential or nursing care home or extra care housing for rehabilitation, with the clear intention that they will move on/back to their own home (including a place in extra care housing or an adult placement scheme setting).
Denominator
Total number of people (aged 65 and over) discharged alive from hospitals in England between 1 October and 31 December. This includes all specialties and zero-length stays.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Sex, Age category (65-74; 75-84; 85 and over).
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Short and Long-term Support (SALT) return which is an aggregated collection taken from council administrative systems; and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). The SALT data collection has two main sections, relating to requests for social care support and provision of short term support and service users and carers receiving eligible support. Data for geographical areas are based on usual residence of patient.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20231221074049/https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/social-care-collection-materials-2022/salt-sources-for-ascof-2021-2022/2a-part-2-older-people Reported on: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-outcomes-framework-ascof/2021-22 Data collection: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/social-care-collection-materials-2022/salt-data-return-2021-2022-guidance?key=