Aged care services across Australia are required to measure how satisfied their residents are with their care and quality of life. However, there’s a problem with how these…
The latest Australian aged care star ratings have continued the upward trend. Below I show two animated histograms highlighting how star ratings have changed over time until…
Visualising Aged Care Star Ratings up to Q4 FY23-24
In this article I share interactive graphs that allow readers to explore trends in Australian aged care star ratings for various groups of homes.
In this article, I share a ridgeline plot showing the evolution in the distribution of Australian aged care star ratings since they were introduced. I specifically use the…
A Ridgeline Plot of Aged Care Star Ratings
A Year of Aged Care Star Ratings Visualised
In this article, I visualise the most recent year of Australian residential aged care star ratings. Using a Sankey chart, I show the flow of star ratings between quarters.…
Some time ago I designed a frequency chart for displaying how common various combinations of aged care star ratings are. However, while broad patterns were easy to make out…
An Interactive Aged Care Star Rating Frequency Chart
The December Effect for Compliments in Aged Care
Gathering feedback from aged care consumers, representatives, visitors, and staff is key to improving the quality of care offered by aged care services. While constructive…
In this analysis I consider potential underreporting of pressure injuries in the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program by modelling the reporting of zero…
Aged Care Star Ratings for Q3 FY22-23
In this article I aim to provide some visualisations and analysis of the star rating extract for Q3 FY22-23, released by the Australian Government Department of Health and…
In this analysis I summarise the full list of certified rest home providers in New Zealand, a publicly available dataset, released by the Ministry of Health-Manatū Hauora (20…
Analysis of Rest Homes in New Zealand
Lessons From Text Mining Aged Care Consumer Feedback
Both positive and negative feedback contribute to the continuous improvement of aged care services. Positive feedback recognises and reinforces what is working well, while…
In this analysis I look at the impact of allowing pets in aged care. Some research has been done that suggests keeping pets in residential aged care can be therapeutic for…
Pets in Aged Care
People Using Aged Care 2008-2022
In this article I share some interactive graphs that give insight into the people using aged care services in Australia. My aim was to highlight trends, age structure, and…
I have previously performed descriptive analysis of the star ratings for Q2 FY22-23. In this article, I used the same dataset, and a linear model to assess the importance of…
Analysing Aged Care Star Ratings for Q2 FY22-23
The service level data for aged care star ratings is now available (Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care 2023), but in its unprocessed form it is hard…
I analysed the results of the Staff Feedback Survey delivered by MOA Benchmarking (2022) to members that provide disability support services and I have shared the results…
An analysis of NDIS staff feedback
I may update with new data extracts as they are released by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023). However, I have included the option of using data from…
The world is unpredictable. In a particular month, a person with a low risk of falls may experience more falls than someone with a high risk. If the risk of falls has…
Quality control using control charts in aged care
Flu seasons in residential aged care 2016-2022
The 2020 and 2021 flu seasons in Australia did not arrive. In fact, in Figure 1 it is hard to even make out the lines representing the weekly number of confirmed flu cases…
