Medicine for the elderly clinical quality indicators
Find out how we are doing in medicine for the elderly using the links below. More information on how we choose our indicators can be found by clicking on the link on the right hand side.
Dementia
This clinical quality indicator is a care satisfaction score based on questionnaire responses from relatives and carers of people with dementia.
Rationale
Improving patient satisfaction is one of our key objectives.
Our objectives
There is no national benchmark. We develop our own goals based on intial findings.
Current performance
Awaiting information.
Pressure ulcers in elderly patients
This clinical quality indicator measures the incidence of pressure sores newly-acquired on our elderly care wards.
Rationale
Avoidance of pressure sores is a marker of good quality nursing care in older people.
Our objectives
We aim to have no newly-acquired pressure sores.
Current performance
Re-admission rates in elderly patients
This clinical quality indicator measures the proportion of patients whose discharge was followed by an avoidable re-admission.
Rationale
Re-admission has a negative impact on patient outcomes and patient experience.
Our re-admission rate stands at 12.6% against a peer average of 14.2% (source: Dr Foster). Monitoring how many of these were avoidable will provide insights into failures in discharge planning, and create opportunities to improve our discharge processes.
Our objectives
We will develop our goals in the light of initial findings.
Current performance
