Residents Who Are Newly Prescribed a Medication Should Be Provided With Information and Education About Their Medications
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
CareTrack Aged: CT Aged Clinical Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Medication-Related
Defining Attributes
Definition
Residents who are newly prescribed a medication should be provided with information and education about their medications including: consumer medicine information, current treatment and any changes made, possible drug-related problems that might occur, what to do in case of side-effects occur or a dose is forgotten, checking that they understand the treatment and how to implement it.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Hibbert, P. D. et al. Designing clinical indicators for common residential aged care conditions and processes of care: the CareTrack Aged development and validation study. Int. J. Qual. Health Care 34, mzac033 (2022).
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
Yes
Upload Date
04 November 2025
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Date Modified 04 November 2025