This indicator provides the percentage of long-term care residents whose behavioural symptoms worsened.
Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents had worsening behavioural symptoms.
Data availability:
to (fiscal years)
Geographic coverage
Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon
Reporting level
Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Corporation
Calculation
Residents with more behavioural symptoms present on their target assessment than on their prior assessment.
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments
Numerator
Residents with more behavioural symptoms present on their target assessment than on their prior assessment.
Variables include
RAI-MDS 2.0
- Wandering (E4aA)
- Verbally Abusive (E4bA)
- Physically Abusive (E4cA)
- Socially Inappropriate or Disruptive Behaviour (E4dA)
interRAI LTCF
- Wandering (E3a)
- Verbal Abuse (E3b)
- Physical Abuse (E3c)
- Socially Inappropriate or Disruptive Behaviour (E3d)
- Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour (E3e)
Comments
The long-term care quality indicators use 4 rolling quarters of data for calculations in order to have a sufficient number of assessments for risk adjustment. Since residents are assessed on a quarterly basis, each resident can contribute to the indicator up to 4 times.
Data for this indicator is also available in the Quick Stats product Profile of Residents in Residential and Hospital-Based Continuing Care, which includes province-/territory-level results for both the residential and hospital-based continuing care sectors. Please consult the Quick Stats product for more information.