Unplanned Weight Loss – Consecutive

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Weight Loss / Nutrition

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of care recipients who experienced consecutive unplanned weight loss.

Numerator

Number of care recipients who experienced consecutive unplanned weight loss of any amount.

Denominator

Total number of care recipients assessed for consecutive unplanned weight loss.

Exclusions

Care recipients who withheld consent to be weighed on the starting, middle and/or finishing weight collection dates, receiving end-of-life care, did not have the required weights recorded (e.g. previous, starting, middle and/or finishing weights).

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Three monthly weights are collected for each care recipient every quarter and are compared against each other, as well as the finishing weight from the previous quarter (previous weight), to determine consecutive unplanned weight loss Data items collected: Number of care recipients assessed for consecutive unplanned weight loss. Number of care recipients excluded because they withheld consent to be weighed on the starting, middle and/or finishing weight collection dates. Number of care recipients excluded because they are receiving end-of-life care. Number of care recipients excluded because they did not have the required weights recorded (e.g. previous, starting, middle and/or finishing weights). Number of care recipients who experienced consecutive unplanned weight loss of any amount when comparing their previous, starting, middle and finishing weights.

Care recipients assessed for consecutive unplanned weight loss.

Frequency of Data Collection
90 days
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
90
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
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

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
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