This indicator looks at how many long-term care residents improved in their ability to communicate.
Higher is better; it means that a higher percentage of long-term care residents improved in their ability to communicate.
Data availability: (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
Percentage of residents whose ability to communicate improved on their target assessment compared with their prior assessment
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments whose communication could improve (did not have minimum score on prior assessment), excluding comatose and end-of-life residents
Numerator
Residents with a lower combined score for ability to understand others and making self understood on their target assessment compared with their prior assessment
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.