Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001

Residential Care Homes

Tables 1.12 to 1.20 contain information on private and voluntary residential care homes registered with social work registration and inspection units and local authority run residential care homes. Tables in this chapter cover residential homes primarily intended for older people; homes for other client groups are included in chapters 2-5. For definitions on which the data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.

In 1998 a new methodology was introduced for dealing with non-response. Care should be taken when comparing time series data before and after 1998 as the figures may not be directly comparable. Please refer to annex A for more details.

Table 1.12: Residential Care Homes for Older People, 1980-2001

		1980 ¹	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
No. of Homes	Local Authority	247	267	277	260	256	246	239	219	213	202
	Private		60	247	258	246	249	273	275	261	261
	Voluntary	175	142	137	157	161	169	169	165	157	158
	Total	422	469	661	675	663	664	681	659	631	621
No. of Beds	Local Authority	9,348	9,816	9,712	8,317	8,071	7,694	7,464	6,876	6,562	6,066
	Private		1,044	4,124	4,514	4,407	4,622	5,025	5,280	5,074	5,107
	Voluntary	5,061	4,477	4,510	4,157	4,123	4,211	4,188	4,144	4,215	3,977
	Total	14,409	15,337	18,346	16,988	16,601	16,527	16,677	16,300	15,851	15,150
No. of Residents	Local Authority	8,790	9,068	8,807	7,584	7,407	7,108	6,706	6,059	5,917	5,442
	Private		924	3,195	3,934	3,818	3,846	4,386	4,477	4,143	4,367
	Voluntary	4,672	4,193	4,355	3,807	3,812	3,815	3,791	3,684	3,702	3,544
	Total	13,462	14,185	16,357	15,325	15,037	14,769	14,883	14,220	13,762	13,353

In 1980 the figures for the private and voluntary sectors are grouped together.

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

Table 1.12 provides a breakdown of the number of residential care homes, beds and residents over time, split by sector.

The number of beds available has increased since 1980; but more recently it has been steadily decreasing. There were 15,150 beds available in 2001.

As is apparent from chart 1.3, the proportion of residential care beds in the local authority sector has been decreasing since 1990, whilst the number in the private and voluntary sectors has been on the increase.

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Table 1.13: Residential Care Homes for Older People, 2001

Local Authority	Local Authority			Private			Voluntary			Total
Local Authority	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Residents per 1,000 pop'n 65+
Aberdeen City	6	200	170	3	37	31	9	337	285	18	574	486	15
Aberdeenshire	13	334	306	10	148	130	6	163	127	29	645	563	18
Angus	4	112	106	17	335	300	2	70	66	23	517	472	26
Argyll & Bute	7	114	107	17	340	291	4	99	88	28	553	486	30
Clackmannanshire	2	71	51	-	-	-	1	12	10	3	83	61	9
Dumfries & Galloway	-	-	-	21	469	356	13	408	374	34	877	730	26
Dundee City	5	200	165	7	147	131	5	101	91	17	448	387	15
East Ayrshire	4	92	87	12	180	143	2	70	68	18	342	298	15
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	3	107	87	1	33	29	4	140	116	7
East Lothian	3	112	105	3	70	67	2	58	53	8	240	225	15
East Renfrewshire	1	37	30	1	25	25	5	142	133	7	204	188	14
Edinburgh, City of	14	623	517	9	190	178	21	420	393	44	1,233	1,088	16
Eilean Siar	15	164	148	1	6	6	1	14	14	17	184	168	33
Falkirk	6	173	170	3	51	51	3	51	48	12	275	269	12
Fife	10	328	314	20	450	409	9	188	175	39	966	898	16
Glasgow City	22	903	812	14	306	284	19	445	413	55	1,654	1,509	17
Highland	21	323	281	28	451	346	8	158	147	57	932	774	23
Inverclyde	2	64	58	2	50	44	3	82	73	7	196	175	13
Midlothian	3	131	120	3	74	70	3	75	70	9	280	260	23
Moray	1	40	36	7	140	135	1	54	52	9	234	223	16
North Ayrshire	6	128	114	12	180	155	3	89	83	21	397	352	16
North Lanarkshire	10	388	350	7	151	135	-	-	-	17	539	485	11
Orkney Islands	2	76	74	3	32	23	-	-	-	5	108	97	30
Perth & Kinross	3	126	116	18	384	343	8	190	149	29	700	608	25
Renfrewshire	6	227	213	5	129	113	2	56	50	13	412	376	15
Scottish Borders	6	199	188	8	128	112	4	105	91	18	432	391	19
Shetland Islands	3	51	47	-	-	-	6	81	76	9	132	123	41
South Ayrshire	4	96	90	7	99	26	3	65	44	14	260	160	8
South Lanarkshire	8	284	271	11	266	239	6	279	222	25	829	732	17
Stirling	4	101	65	5	100	84	5	100	89	14	301	238	18
West Dunbartonshire	7	225	207	2	36	30	1	10	9	10	271	246	17
West Lothian	4	144	124	2	26	23	2	22	22	8	192	169	10
Scotland	202	6,066	5,442	261	5,107	4,367	158	3,977	3,544	621	15,150	13,353	17

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

Table 1.13 presents the number of residential care homes for older people, their associated places and residents by sector for each local authority in Scotland.

Overall in Scotland there were 17 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over. Shetland Islands with 41 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over, had the highest rate. At the other end of the scale East Dunbartonshire had only 7 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over.

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