Consistent Team of Home Care Workers: Average Number of Home Care Visits per Person
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Home Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Home care for older people
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Workforce
Defining Attributes
Definition
The average number of home care visits each older person receives per home care worker.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Local data collection.
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Beyond the information made available to local authorities / regulators, relatively little information about the quality of individual home care in UK is made available to the public.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Home Care for Older People: Quality Statements 2016 [Available from: www.https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs123]
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
Yes
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
12 March 2025
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Date Modified 12 March 2025