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Attribute Health topic Indicator Provincial Results
Previous reporting period Current reporting period
Accessible Wait Times Median number of days to long-term care home placement 2012/13
provincial median:
99 days
2013/14
provincial median:
108 days
Effective Incontinence Percentage of residents with worsening bladder control 2012/13
provincial average:
19.7%
2013/14
provincial average:
19.5%
Effective Activities of
Daily Living
Percentage of residents with increasing difficulty carrying out normal everyday tasks 2012/13
provincial average:
34.6%
2013/14
provincial average:
35.4%
Effective Cognitive Function Percentage of residents whose language, memory, and thinking abilities have recently decreased 2012/13
provincial average:
10.0%
2013/14
provincial average:
10.3%
Effective Pain Percentage of residents with pain that recently worsened 2012/13
provincial average:
11.3%
2013/14
provincial average:
11.2%
Safe Falls Percentage of residents who had a recent fall 2012/13
provincial average:
13.8%
2013/14
provincial average:
14.2%
Safe Pressure Ulcers Percentage of residents who had a pressure ulcer that recently worsened 2012/13
provincial average:
2.9%
2013/14
provincial average:
3.0%
Safe Restraints Percentage of residents who were physically restrained 2012/13
provincial average:
11.0%
2013/14
provincial average:
8.9%
Safe Medication Safety Number of residents prescribed a drug that should never be used among the elderly per 100,000 residents aged 65 years or older, per year 2011/12
provincial average:
44 per 100,000
2012/13
provincial average:
33 per 100,000
Appropriately Resourced Health Human Resources Number of injuries per 100 long-term care workers per year 2012
provincial average:
7.6 per 100
2013
provincial average:
7.4 per 100
Focused on
Population Health
Infections Percentage of residents with one or more infections 2012/13
provincial average:
11.0%
2013/14
provincial average:
10.7%