International and national quality and safety indicators for aged care: Report for the Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety

Improving the quality and safety of care for older people living in aged care settings is a key imperative for national health and social care systems globally. Quality and safety indicator systems have been developed, validated and implemented internationally to measure and monitor quality of care constructs that reflect both care processes and outcomes in aged care. This report was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in July 2019 and was written by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) team at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

The overall aim of this report is to provide evidence-based findings for quality and safety indicators to routinely monitor the care provided to older Australians accessing aged care services. This report was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in July 2019. This report was prepared by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA)team at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). Briefly, ROSA is a registry that monitors individuals in the aged care sector to understand their aged care service utilisation, health care service utilisation, medication utilisation, mortality and other health events that affect older individuals in aged care. ROSA’s aim is to provide the evidence to support improvements within the aged care sector.