Home to a comprehensive look at your community’s resident assessments, the data in this section can help to tailor engagement, identify trends, and track changes in resident well-being over time.
To access this section, head over to Resident Insights > Quality of Life from the main navigation menu. Once on the Quality of Life page, you can select a particular care level to view by utilizing the filters labeled Filter By Care Level. You can further filter results to view any residents that have moved in within 90 days by turning on the Move-Ins (90 Days) toggle:
Download CSV Files: Beside each chart on this page, you will notice a Download (.csv) button. Clicking this will download a CSV-file report of the selected metric onto your desktop.
Each data point on this page contains a clickable tooltip to learn more. These are clickable links written as What is srQOL? or What is srH? You can also access the Quality of Life Assessments Index for more information on the data that TSOLife utilizes.
Self-Rated Quality of Life (srQOL) & Self-Rated Health (srH)
The Self-Rated Quality of Life (srQOL) metric is a single-question assessment that captures how satisfied a resident feels with their overall life. It is endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and reflects physical, emotional, cognitive, and social well-being.
This measure captures a resident’s lived experience – not just symptoms. Low scores often signal unmet needs or increased risk, making srQOL a powerful early indicator for follow-up, support, or intervention.
The data in this graph is presented on a five-point scale based on how residents answered this assessment:
- Very Good
- Good
- Neither Poor Nor Good
- Poor
- Very Poor
Clicking into each bar of the graph will present a list of the residents who made that selection on their assessment:
Clicking a resident’s name will take you to their profile, where you can review their individual data and manage their engagement plans.
The Self-Rated Health (srH) metric is a single-question assessment that reflects how residents perceive their overall health. It is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and strongly predicts future health outcomes, healthcare use, and mortality.
Residents may experience health changes before they appear in clinical records. This score helps to identify individuals who may benefit from proactive care coordination or wellness support.
Clicking into each bar of the graph will present a list of the residents who made that selection on their assessment.
Clicking a resident’s name will take you to their profile, where you can review their individual data and manage their engagement plans.
Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale (BBQ)
The Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life (BBQ) assessment measures both the importance and satisfaction of six life areas:
- Creativity
- Leisure
- Learning
- Friendship
- How I View Myself
- How I View My Life
It includes 12 total questions – two per area.
BBQ goes beyond overall happiness to show what matters most to a resident and whether those needs are being met. This helps teams personalize engagement and support based on individual priorities.
The BBQ is segmented into three scoring categories:
- Optimal: 66-96
- Good: 40-65 (45 is considered the baseline of a “good” quality of life)
- High Risk: 0-39
A practical example of the BBQ can be found in the Quality of Life Assessments Index.
The Average BBQ Score by Area chart presents a graphical interpretation of how your community’s residents scored on the BBQ. The information is displayed as follows:
- Satisfaction Rating: Each question of the BBQ is ranked on a scale of 0-4.
- BBQ Area: The six areas of the BBQ are represented by importance (light shade) and satisfaction (dark shade).
Clicking into any of the six areas will open a listing of your community’s residents and how each individual responded to every question:
You can click the filters at the top to organize results by Resident Name, Importance, Satisfaction, and Area Score.
You can also click the View Top and Bottom 10 Residents to open a listing of the 10 community residents with the highest and lowest BBQ scores. In particular, the residents with the lowest scores should be prioritized for support and engagement. Clicking the Opportunity Residents button can get this process started.
Quality of Life & Length of Stay (srQOL)
This chart shows how Self-Rated Quality of Life (srQOL) changes over time in the community.
- Each dot represents one resident.
- The x-axis (the horizontal one on the bottom with the numbers) shows length of stay (years).
- The Y-axis (the vertical one with the “good” and “poor” ratings) shows self-rated quality of life.
- Dot color reflects the resident’s srQOL rating.
This view helps identify patterns, trends, and outliers across the resident population. Clicking one of the dots will display the resident that it represents with information about their assessment scores and length of stay within the community.
Residents With Partial Data
Residents with partial data for a specific metric are excluded from the average and are not presented with the rest of the data. All Quality of Life questions need to be answered to formulate an accurate result, so residents with incomplete questionnaires will be included in this section.
Jump to another article to learn more about Quality of Life:
Quality of Life Assessments Index
Quality of Life Overview
Quality of Life Over Time (Community Level)
Accessing Quality of Life Scores from the Resident Profile