Percentage of clients, of all ages, receiving publicly funded home care services for at least 60 days, whose ability to perform daily activities (such as eating and bathing) decreased over the last six months. A lower percentage of clients is better.

The number of long-stay home care clients (i.e., clients who require care for more than 60 days of continuous service) whose status in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (bathing, personal hygiene and locomotion) functioning was higher in their prior assessment than their target assessment.

The number of home care clients with at least two consecutive assessments.

Only long-stay home care clients receiving RAI-HC assessments are included. ADL items included are dressing upper and lower body; eating; toilet use; personal hygiene; bathing.

Adjustment Factors: Age ≥65, 12 Months or less between Assessments, Clinical Risk, Meal Prep Difficulty, Difficulty housework, Difficulty bathing, Falls, Unsteady gait, Admitted Hospitals, CPS, Number of Months between Assessments, ADL Hierarchy 2+, Age greater than or equal to 80, Institutional Risk, ADL Hierarchy 3+

Data are based on information in Home Care Reporting System from mandatory Resident Assessment Instrument - Home Care (RAI-HC) assessments. Jurisdictions differ in their requirements for RAI-HC assessment frequency.

On-Line Public Reporting.

Health Quality Ontario. Measuring Up 2018: A yearly report on how Ontario's health system is performing, 2018.

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