Quality Assessment Tools - Flinders University

THIS RESEARCH IS FUNDED BY
An Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP170100664)
Financial contributions from our Founding Partners (ECH, Helping Hand, Uniting AgeWell, Uniting NSW.ACT and Presbyterian Aged Care NSW & ACT)
A Caring Futures Institute Research Development Grant
The Australian Association of Gerontology Hal Kendig Research Development Grant

Referencing

Please use the below references when citing the QOL-ACC and QCE-ACC tools

Quality of Life Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC)
Cleland, J., Hutchinson, C., McBain, C., Walker, R., Milte, R., Khadka, J. & Ratcliffe, J. (2020). Developing dimensions for a preference-based quality of life instrument for older people receiving aged care services in the community, Quality of Life Research, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s11136-020-02649-5

Quality of Care Experience Aged Care Consumers (QCE-ACC)
Khadka, J., Ratcliffe, J., Chen, G., Kumaran, S., Milte, R., Hutchinson, C., Savvas, S. & Batchelor, F. (2020). A new measure of quality of care in aged care: psychometric assessment, and validation of the Quality of Care Experience (QCE) questionnaire. Adelaide: Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University.

Quality of Life and
Quality of Care Experience Instruments

What does a good quality of life look like for older Australians? How do older people rate their experience of aged care? Caring Futures Institute researchers have been talking with older Australians using aged care services about what makes for a good quality of life and how they perceive their care experience.

Quality of care and quality of life in aged care had been in the spotlight during the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. In their Final Report, the Commissioners have recommended the routine collection of both types of data in order to monitor quality outcomes across the sector.

We've developed two new validated quality assessment tools, the Quality of Life-Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) and the Quality of Care Experience – Aged Care Consumers (QCE-ACC) and these are now available for use sector-wide.

Complete the form below to register your interest in using these tools and our team will contact you