The National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program started on 1 July 2019 and requires all residential aged care service providers to collect data on each care recipient every quarter against the following three quality indicators:

• pressure injuries
• use of physical restraint
• unplanned weight loss.

1 July – 30 September 2019 – providers must collect data for all three quality indicators.

The unplanned weight loss quality indicator has two collection categories:

• significant unplanned weight loss and
• consecutive unplanned weight loss.

All quality indicator data (except for significant unplanned weight loss) is due for submission to the Department of Health by 21 October 2019.

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Quality Indicator Program: important information on significant unplanned weight loss

National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program Manual 1.0 (.pdf)