Quality indicators measure aspects of service provision that contribute to the quality of care given by residential aged care services. Since 1 July 2019, the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program requires residential aged care services to collect and report on 3 quality indicators:
- Pressure injuries
- Use of physical restraint
- Unplanned weight loss.
Information on these indicators was submitted by 2,585 residential aged care services in the quarter 1 January to 31 March 2021. This represented 95% of all residential aged care services that received Australian Government subsidies for delivering care, services and accommodation (decreasing from 96% in the previous quarter).
Read more: