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Care Homes Census results
30/09/2004
The results of the March 2004
Scottish Care Homes
Census are published today.
Key findings are:
· At March 2004, there were 1,548 Care Homes
registered in Scotland offering 42,883 places.
· 730 care homes (47 per cent) were in the
private sector, compared with 548 (35 per cent) in the
voluntary sector and 270 (18 per cent) run by Local
Authorities/NHS.
· 36,697 places in homes intended for older
people, accounted for 86 per cent of all care home places
in Scotland.
· Registered places in Care Homes for older
people have decreased by 2.5 per cent between March 2001
and March 2004 (from 37,631 to 36,697).
· During this period, the number of older people
living in their own homes and receiving more than 10 hours
of home care each week increased from 11.4 clients per
1,000 population in 2000 to 15.7 in 2003 (an increase of 38
per cent).
· Following the introduction of Supporting
People, 426 Care Homes de-registered between March 2002 and
March 2004. These are still operational but are now
classed as Housing Support services.
· The majority of these de-registered homes were
for adults with learning disabilities (277 homes) and
adults with mental health problems (82 homes).
Public enquiries about the information contained in this
News Release should be addressed to Social Work Statistics
Unit, Room 3RW, St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh
EH1 3DG or email SWStat@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.
Note that 426 Care Homes have de-registered since March
2002. These establishments are now more appropriately
registering as Housing Support services and have been
excluded from the figures in this publication. Further
details are available in Annex G of the Statistics
Release.