This indicator looks at how many long-term care residents worsened in their cognitive ability.
Lower is better; it means that a lower percentage of long-term care residents had a decrease in cognitive ability.
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
Percentage of residents whose cognitive ability worsened on their target assessment compared with their prior assessment
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Denominator
Residents with valid assessments whose cognitive ability could worsen (did not have maximum Cognitive Performance Scale, or CPS, score on prior assessment), excluding comatose and end-of-life residents
Numerator
Residents with a higher CPS score 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.
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.