Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move Independently Worsened
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percent of long-stay residents who experienced a decline in independence of locomotion during the target period.
Numerator
Long-stay residents with a selected target assessment and at least one qualifying prior assessment who have a decline in locomotion when comparing their target assessment with the prior assessment.
Denominator
Long-stay residents who have a target assessment and at least one qualifying prior assessment, except those with exclusions.
Exclusions
Comatose, prognosis of less than 6 months at the prior assessment (a prognosis of less than six months of life or hospice use), resident totally dependent during locomotion on prior assessment.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Help or dependence in eating, toilet transfer, sit to stand, walk 10 feet, severe cognitive impairment, age, gender, vision, oxygen use.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Nursing Home Care Comparison publicly reported on CMS website of all Medicare and Medicaid US nursing homes. Reports the average adjusted QM values for most recent three quarters. Quality measure reports available at national, state, facility and resident level (providers only). Five-star quality rating system (n=9 QIs) available publicly online.