Quality of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of care recipients who report 'good' or 'excellent' quality of life.
Numerator
Care recipients who reported quality of life through each completion mode of the Quality of Life - Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) (self-completion, interviewer facilitated completion and proxy-completion), scored against the categories: 'Excellent' (care recipients who score between 22–24) or 'Good' (care recipients who score between 19–21).
Denominator
Total number of care recipients.
Exclusions
Care recipients who were absent from the service for the entire quarter or who did not choose to complete the quality of life assessment for the entire quarter.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
A quality of life assessment must be offered to each care recipient for completion, around the same time every quarter. Data items collected: Number of care recipients offered a quality of life assessment through self-completion, interviewer facilitated completion or proxy-completion. Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter. Number of care recipients excluded because they did not choose to complete the QOL-ACC for the entire quarter. Number of care recipients who reported quality of life through each completion mode of the QOL-ACC (self-completion, interviewer facilitated completion or proxy-completion), scored against the five categories: 'Excellent' (care recipients who score between 22–24), 'Good' (care recipients who score between 19–21), 'Moderate' (care recipients who score between 14–18), 'Poor' (care recipients who score between 8–13), 'Very poor' (care recipients who score between 0–7).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported at national, state, remoteness (www.gen-agedcaredata.gov.au/Topics/Quality-in-aged-care/Residential-Aged-Care-Quality-Indicators-latest-release) and facility level (www.myagedcare.gov.au/find-a-provider/search-by-name), every quarter. Included within an overall five-star quality rating program (n=5 QIs). Contributes to Star Ratings (care recipients with one or more pressure injuries).
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Department of Health and Aged Care. National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program (QI Program). 2023 www.health.gov.au/our-work/qi-program
Link to Measurement Tools
Hutchinson et al. (2021) QOL-ACC User Guide: Basic information on how to use the QOL-ACC instrument, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.