Proportion of Adult Day Services Centres Always or Often Honouring the Deceased in Some Public Way in This Centre

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Person-Centred Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Proportion of adult day services centres always or often honouring the deceased in some public way in this centre

Numerator

Number of adult day services centres always or often honouring the deceased in some public way in this centre

Denominator

Number of responding adult day services

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

National Study of Long-term Care Providers, which include collection of primary data on adult day services centres and residential care communities via national and state representative surveys

Frequency of Data Collection
Biennial in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 survey
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods

Online on www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/index.htm, as well as journal articles,

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

www.cdc.gov/nchs/npals/studyresults.htm Lendon JP, Caffrey C, Lau DT. End-Of-Life Care Planning and Bereavement Practices Among Adult Day Services Centers, 2018. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/10499091231163269 Lendon, J.P., Caffrey, C., and Lau, D.T. (2020). Advance directives state requirements, center practices, and participant prevalence in adult day services centers: Findings from the 2016 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa089

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025