This indicator looks at how many long-term care residents presented with symptoms of delirium.
Lower is better; it means that a lower percentage of long-term care residents have symptoms of delirium.
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 with symptoms of delirium on their target assessment
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments, excluding comatose and end-of-life residents
Numerator
Residents meeting any of the following conditions:
- Acute change in mental status from usual functioning on their target assessment
- 1 or more behaviour symptoms that appeared to be different from usual functioning on their target assessment
- 1 or more behaviour symptoms that appeared to be different from usual functioning on their prior assessment and that were consistent with usual functioning on their target assessment
- Not severely cognitively impaired (Cognitive Performance Scale score of 3 or less) and 1 or more behaviour symptoms present consistent with usual functioning on their target assessment that were not present on 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.