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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001
Table 1.18: Financial Support of Residents 1,2 in Private and Voluntary Residential Care Homes for Older People, 1995-2001
Support | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Wholly or mainly by private means | 36% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 38% | 41% |
Wholly or mainly by HB | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Wholly or mainly by DSS | 37% | 30% | 24% | 19% | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Wholly or mainly by LA | 26% | 35% | 42% | 47% | 51% | 49% | 48% |
Unknown (number) | 1,368 | 773 | 495 | 254 | 376 | 194 | 277 |
Total residents | 7,719 | 7,581 | 7,527 | 8,062 | 8,053 | 7,691 | 7,766 |
1 Total residents relates to long stay residents only.
2 Percentages are based on the number of residents where support is known.
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return
Table 1.18 details the funding arrangements for residents in private and voluntary homes from 1995 to 2001. The support categories were reviewed and changed in 2000. A full definition of the categories of funding is included in annex A.
The proportion of privately funded residents has remained fairly stable over time at around 33 per cent until 2000 when it increased to 38 per cent and has risen again in 2001 to 41 per cent. Meanwhile the proportion of residents funded wholly or mainly by the DSS has fallen considerably, from 37 per cent in 1995 to 11 per cent in 2001.
Table 1.19: Financial Support of Residents 1,2 in Private and Voluntary Homes for Older People, 2001
Local Authority | Wholly or mainly by private means | Wholly or mainly by DSS preserved rights | Wholly or mainly by LA | Unknown | Total |
Aberdeen City | 35% | 9% | 56% | - | 311 |
Aberdeenshire | 47% | 11% | 41% | - | 251 |
Angus | 56% | 5% | 39% | - | 358 |
Argyll & Bute | 42% | 18% | 40% | 1 | 378 |
Clackmannanshire | 22% | 0% | 78% | - | 9 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 53% | 3% | 44% | 275 | 714 |
Dundee City | 40% | 10% | 50% | - | 219 |
East Ayrshire | 18% | 6% | 76% | - | 208 |
East Dunbartonshire | 39% | 38% | 23% | - | 115 |
East Lothian | 32% | 20% | 48% | 1 | 117 |
East Renfrewshire | 41% | 7% | 53% | - | 158 |
Edinburgh, City of | 55% | 12% | 33% | - | 567 |
Eilean Siar | 15% | 5% | 80% | - | 20 |
Falkirk | 28% | 14% | 58% | - | 95 |
Fife | 45% | 22% | 33% | - | 581 |
Glasgow City | 25% | 9% | 66% | 1 | 693 |
Highland | 38% | 10% | 52% | - | 479 |
Inverclyde | 30% | 17% | 54% | - | 115 |
Midlothian | 47% | 12% | 41% | - | 137 |
Moray | 51% | 9% | 40% | - | 187 |
North Ayrshire | 42% | 5% | 53% | - | 232 |
North Lanarkshire | 19% | 8% | 73% | - | 135 |
Orkney Islands | 40% | 20% | 40% | - | 20 |
Perth & Kinross | 49% | 8% | 43% | - | 479 |
Renfrewshire | 46% | 14% | 40% | - | 161 |
Scottish Borders | 24% | 17% | 59% | - | 197 |
Shetland Islands | 5% | 5% | 91% | - | 64 |
South Ayrshire | 30% | 5% | 66% | - | 64 |
South Lanarkshire | 47% | 10% | 43% | - | 450 |
Stirling | 32% | 16% | 51% | - | 171 |
West Dunbartonshire | 28% | 5% | 67% | - | 39 |
West Lothian | 24% | 10% | 67% | - | 42 |
Scotland | 41% | 11% | 48% | 278 | 7,766 |
1 Total residents relates to long stay residents only.
2 Percentages are based on the number of residents where support is known.
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return
Table 1.19 presents the main sources of funding of residents in each local authority.
The local authorities with the largest proportion of self-funding residents were Angus and the City of Edinburgh, with 56 and 55 per cent respectively. Shetland Islands had the smallest proportion of self-funding residents with 5 per cent.
Table 1.20: Average Weekly Charge 1 per Resident in Residential Care Homes for Older People, 2001
Local Authority | Local Authority | Private & Voluntary | Total |
2001
| 2001
| 2001
|
Aberdeen City | 347 | 277 | 302 |
Aberdeenshire | 336 | 297 | 317 |
Angus | 399 | 292 | 315 |
Argyll & Bute | 483 | 265 | 310 |
Clackmannanshire | 378 | * | * |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | 325 | 325 |
Dundee City | 380 | 257 | 312 |
East Ayrshire | 326 | 258 | 276 |
East Dunbartonshire | - | * | * |
East Lothian | 315 | 273 | 293 |
East Renfrewshire | 368 | 323 | 331 |
Edinburgh, City of | 373 | 319 | 346 |
Eilean Siar | 443 | * | 429 |
Falkirk | 487 | 310 | 422 |
Fife | 436 | 288 | 339 |
Glasgow City | 368 | 283 | 329 |
Highland | 397 | 271 | 314 |
Inverclyde | 371 | 272 | 304 |
Midlothian | 315 | 277 | 295 |
Moray | 355 | 247 | 265 |
North Ayrshire | 344 | 281 | 299 |
North Lanarkshire | 331 | 264 | 312 |
Orkney Islands | 550 | * | 466 |
Perth & Kinross | 363 | 275 | 291 |
Renfrewshire | 375 | 298 | 340 |
Scottish Borders | 313 | 281 | 296 |
Shetland Islands | 498 | 281 | 365 |
South Ayrshire | 376 | 334 | 350 |
South Lanarkshire | 276 | 270 | 272 |
Stirling | 450 | 286 | 341 |
West Dunbartonshire | 398 | * | 374 |
West Lothian | 330 | * | 311 |
Scotland | 374 | 288 | 322 |
1 Where the average is based on less than five homes in the independent sector, the figure has been starred out for confidentiality reasons.
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return
Table 1.20 presents information on the average weekly charge per resident in residential care homes by local authority and sector in 2001. The data have been weighted to reflect the capacity of residential care homes in each local authority.
The average weekly charge for all sectors in Scotland increased by 3 per cent since 2000. Moray had the lowest weekly charge in 2001 at 265, while Orkney Islands had the highest weekly charge at 466.
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