Education and Support of Caregivers for Patients With Dementia
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients with dementia whose caregiver(s) were provided with education on dementia disease management and health behaviour changes AND were referred to additional resources for support in the last 12 months.
Numerator
Patients with dementia whose caregiver(s) were provided with education on dementia disease management and health behaviour changes AND were referred to additional resources for support in the last 12 months
Denominator
All patients with a diagnosis of dementia
Exclusions
Patient does not have a caregiver (G2184) OR Documentation caregiver is trained and certified in dementia care (G2185) OR Patient/caregiver dyad has been referred to appropriate resources and connection to those resources is confirmed (G2186)
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data may be submitted by individual MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or third party intermediaries
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Data not public available