Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents worsened or remained dependent in transferring and locomotion (mid-loss ADLs).
This indicator examines the percentage of residents who worsened or remained dependent in transferring and locomotion (mid-loss ADLs). It is calculated by dividing the number of residents whose mid-loss ADLs worsened or who remained dependent (had a maximum score) by the number of all residents (excluding comatose and end-of-life residents) with valid assessments within the applicable time period.
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Residents with valid assessments
Residents with worse mid-loss ADL self-performance (increased score) on their target assessment compared with their prior assessment or a maximum score on both prior and target assessments
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.
General criteria for public reporting of long-term care indictors in Your Health System are as follows:
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.