Development and use of the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QUIRC) in Germany

Background/Objectives: To develop and validate a toolkit (QuIRC) for assessing the living conditions, care and human rights of people with long term mental illness in psychiatric and social care facilities. Methods: The QuIRC was developed by research partners across ten European countries: UK, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Greece, and Portugal. Its content was informed by triangulation of the evidence on critical components of care collated from: a review of care standards in each country; an international literature review; and Delphi exercises. Its final format was agre…