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Developmental Services - Quality of Life Survey
Quality of Life Interview
Maine Developmental Services conducts Quality of Life (QOL) interviews as part of the National Core Indicators Project. The aim of the initiative is to develop nationally recognized performance and outcome indicators that will enable developmental disabilities policy makers to benchmark the performance of their state against the performance of other states. Currently, over 22 states participate. National Core Indicators also enable each participating state developmental disabilities agency to track system performance and outcomes from year to year on a consistent basis.
The QOL project is managed by the DHHS Office of Continuous Quality Improvement Services (OCQI) working in collaboration with Developmental Services. The QOL is used as standard tool to collect and report information gathered around specific indicators of quality and overall satisfaction with services and supports. Individuals receiving case management and a home support service through Developmental Services are eligible to participate. Over a three year period, a percentage of those eligible are selected each year and asked to participate. The interview is voluntary. Agencies statewide are asked to conduct interviews. Results are analyzed and submitted nationally on an annual basis.
Quality of Life survey materials
The NCI Adult Consumer Survey is copyrighted material by the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services and Human Services Research Institute. All rights reserved. Permission to use or reproduce portions of this document is granted for purposes of the National Core Indicators current member status only. For other purposes, permission must be requested in writing from NCI.
- The National Core Indicators (NCI) - a collaborative effort between the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
- The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) - a nonprofit organization, established in 1964, to improve and expand public services to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
To request user name and passcode to access the Quality of Life Interview materials, please contact Stephen Hallee at Office of Continuous Quality, or phone Stephen at (207)287-5883.
- Quality of Life Project Summary Word* | PDF*
- Quality of Life Interview Consent Form Word* | PDF*
- Quality of Life Interviewer Administration and Protocol Word* | PDF*
- Maine Quality of Life Interview Word* | PDF*
- QOL Crosswalk of Consumer Survey Questions and Core Indicators Word* | PDF*
