family-friend-caregiver-distress - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Family or Friend Continued Caregiver Distress

Alternate Name

Percentage of long-stay home care clients who reported that their primary informal caregiver expressed continued feelings of distress, anger or depression over a six-month period.

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of long-stay home care clients, of all ages, whose primary informal caregiver experienced distress, anger or depression in relation to their caregiving role, as reported in at least two consecutive client assessments (six months apart). It includes only clients who had at least one unpaid informal caregiver and received home care for at least six months. A lower percentage is better.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Public reporting

Dimension

Patient-centred

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator divided by the denominator times 100

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

The number of long-stay home care clients with informal caregivers who reported distress, anger or depression in relation to their caregiving role, in two consecutive home care clients assessments

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

The number of home care clients with at least two consecutive assessments and at least one informal caregiver

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

Risk adjusted

Data Source

Home Care Reporting System (HCRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Region, Time

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

Data are based on information from mandatory Resident Assessment Instrument - Home Care (RAI-HC) assessments.