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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001
CHAPTER 2 - ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
The Balance of Care
Chart 2.1 illustrates the balance of care provided for people with learning disabilities, over time. The most dramatic change is the decrease in occupied hospital beds which, by 2001, had fallen to well under one quarter of the level in 1980.
Over the same time period, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of residents in residential care homes, although this appears to be levelling off in recent years. The number of places in day care centres has remained fairly level over the last seven years. Data on home care clients and residents in nursing homes with learning disabilities have not been collected for long enough to allow comment on any trends.
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