• Number of care recipients assessed for ADL function (this should be all care recipients minus those excluded as per the next dot points).
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were receiving end-of-life care.
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients excluded because they did not have an ADL assessment total score recorded for the previous quarter. [For the first round of reporting in July 2023, this could be problematic due to providers’ lack of data from the previous quarter.]
• Number of care recipients with an ADL assessment total score of zero in the previous quarter.
• Number of care recipients who experienced a decline in ADL assessment total score of one or more points. [For the first round of reporting in July 2023, this could be problematic due to providers’ lack of data from the previous quarter.]
  

How to collect this data:

Complete a single assessment for each care recipient around the same time every quarter and compare to their ADL assessment total score in the previous quarter to determine decline. [For the first round of reporting in July 2023, this could be problematic due to providers’ lack of data from the previous quarter.]

• Number of care recipients assessed for incontinence care (this should be all care recipients minus those excluded as per the next dot points).
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients excluded from Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD) assessment because they did not have incontinence.
• Number of care recipients with incontinence.
• Number of care recipients with incontinence who experienced IAD.
• Number of care recipients with incontinence who experienced IAD, reported against each of the four IAD sub-categories:

1. 1A: Persistent redness without clinical signs of infection
2. 1B: Persistent redness with clinical signs of infection
3. 2A: Skin loss without clinical signs of infection
4. 2B: Skin loss with clinical signs of infection.

How to collect this data:

Conduct a single assessment for each care recipient, around the same time every quarter as part of routine care.

• Number of care recipients assessed for hospitalisation (this should be all care recipients minus those excluded as per the next dot points).
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients who had one or more emergency department presentations during the quarter.
• Number of care recipients who had one or more emergency department presentations or hospital admissions during the quarter.

How to collect this data:

Conduct a single review of the care records for each care recipient for the entire quarter.

[For the first round of reporting in July 2023, many of the below requirements this could be problematic due to providers’ lack of data from the previous quarter.]

• Number of staff who worked any hours as care management staff in the previous quarter.
• Number of staff who worked any hours as nurse practitioners or registered nurses in the previous quarter.
• Number of staff who worked any hours as enrolled nurses in the previous quarter.
• Number of staff who worked any hours as personal care staff or assistants in nursing in the previous quarter.
• Number of staff employed as care management staff at the start of the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as nurse practitioners or registered nurses at the start of the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as enrolled nurses at the start of the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as personal care staff or assistants in nursing at the start of the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as care management staff who stopped working during the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as nurse practitioners or registered nurses who stopped working during the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as enrolled nurses who stopped working during the quarter.
• Number of staff employed as personal care staff or assistants in nursing who stopped working during the quarter.

How to collect this data:

• Number of care recipients offered a consumer experience assessment through self-completion, interviewer-facilitated completion or proxy-completion (this should be all care recipients minus those excluded as per the next dot points).
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients excluded because they did not choose to complete the Quality of Care Experience Aged Care Consumers (QCE-ACC) for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients who reported consumer experience through each completion mode of the QCE-ACC (self-completion, interviewer-facilitated completion, or proxy-completion), scored against the five categories:

1. ‘Excellent’ (care recipients who score between 22–24)
2. ‘Good’ (care recipients who score between 19–21)
3. ‘Moderate’ (care recipients who score between 14–18)
4. ‘Poor’ (care recipients who score between 8–13)
5. ‘Very poor’ (care recipients who score between 0–7).

How to collect this data:

Offer a consumer experience assessment to each care recipient for completion, around the same time every quarter.

• Number of care recipients offered a quality of life assessment through self-completion, interviewer-facilitated completion or proxy-completion (this should be all care recipients minus those excluded as per the next dot points).
• Number of care recipients excluded because they were absent from the service for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients excluded because they did not choose to complete the QOL-ACC (Quality of Life Aged Care Consumers) for the entire quarter.
• Number of care recipients who reported quality of life through each completion mode of the QOL-ACC (self-completion, interviewer- facilitated completion or proxy-completion), scored against the five categories:
  

1. ‘Excellent’ (care recipients who score between 22–24)
2. ‘Good’ (care recipients who score between 19–21)
3. ‘Moderate’ (care recipients who score between 14–18)
4. ‘Poor’ (care recipients who score between 8–13)
5. ‘Very poor’ (care recipients who score between 0–7).

How to collect this data:

Offer a quality of life assessment to each care recipient for completion, around the same time every quarter.