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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2002

NHS Community Health Services

Table 1.7: Number of Patients Seen at Home by District Nurses and Health Visitors ¹, 1980-2000

¹ 1980, 1985, 1990 refer to year ending 31 December; 1995-2000 refer to year ending 31 March.
² Data for Lothian Health Board are as at 31 March 1994.
³ Includes cases where no age breakdown was available.
Source: ISD Scotland - ISD(S)29/30 Return

There is no information available for NHS Community Health Services for 2001 and 2002.

Table 1.7 presents the number of clients seen by both health visitors and district nurses between 1980 and 2000. Figures include all client groups - not just older people.

It is apparent from table 1.7 that the majority of clients seen by health visitors over the years have been in the under 65 age group, around 80 per cent each year.

In contrast, most people seen by district nurses were 75 or over; around 50 per cent of the total over the years.

It can be seen from chart 1.2 that the number of clients seen by health visitors has been decreasing over the years. At the same time the number of clients seen by district nurses has, in the main, increased.

Chart 1.2 Clients Receiving Community Health Services

Day Care

The day care figures included in this publication cover private and voluntary day centres registered with social work registration and inspection units and day centres run by local authorities. Day care which is provided outwith traditional day centre settings is not included here although it is expected that this will be included in future years. For definitions on which day care data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.

This data series has returned to an annual collection.

Tables 1.8 and 1.9 contain information on day centres primarily intended for older people. Figures for day centres for other client groups are included in chapters 2-5.

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.

In 2001, a new survey of day care services took place. The figures for "number attending" in 2001 and 2002 are not comparable with previous years. In 2001 and 2002, information was collected on numbers attending day centres during the census week. In previous years, the numbers attending related to all persons who regularly attended regardless of whether they were there during census week.

Table 1.8: Number of Day Centres ¹ for Older People, Places and People Attending, 1980-2002

¹ Includes centres with four places or less (which are usually attached to residential homes).
² No survey took place in 1999 and 2000.
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

It can be seen from table 1.8 that the number of centres in Scotland increased by 16 per cent since 1998 whilst the number of people attending has been steadily declining. The number of places has remained stable for the last 5 years; there were 7,814 places available in 2002.

Table 1.9 presents the number of day centres, places and people attending for each local authority in 2002.

Local authorities run nearly two-thirds of day centres for older people. The proportion of places in the local authority sector in 2002 was 66 per cent compared to 28 per cent in the voluntary sector, and 6 per cent in the private sector.

The number of attendees per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over is approximately 14, for Scotland as a whole. The Clackmannanshire & Orkney Islands have 37 attendees per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over, the highest in Scotland. In contrast, the lowest rate (4 attendees per 1,000 of the 65 and over population) for Scotland is in Midlothian and East Lothian.

Table 1.9: Number of Day Centres ¹ for Older People, Places and People Attending by Sector, 2002

¹ Includes centres with four places or less (which are usually attached to residential homes).
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

Special Needs Housing

Tables 1.10 and 1.11 contain information on special needs housing for older people. For definitions on which the data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.

Table 1.10: Special Needs Housing for Older People Provided by Public Agencies and Housing Associations, 1980-2002

¹ In local authorities where no returns have been received, the previous years figure has been used.
Source: SEDD Housing Statistics - S1B Return

Table 1.10 presents the number of special needs housing dwellings for older people in Scotland from 1980 to 2002. The total number of dwellings has generally increased over time, from 11,258 in 1980 to 93,829 in 2002. In 2002, other dwellings with alarms accounted for 43 per cent of total dwellings followed closely by sheltered housing with 40 per cent of the total.

Table 1.11 gives a breakdown of the different types of special needs dwellings within each local authority.

Table 1.11: Special Needs Housing for Older People Provided by Public Agencies and Housing Associations, 2002

¹ Dwellings are adapted to suit particular needs of tenants, so numbers in these categories may rise or fall from year to year.
² Perth & Kinross Council are unable to separately identify local authority "amenity" and "other" dwellings which have alarms.
As a result the figure given for "amenity" housing in Perth & Kinross relates to Housing Association dwellings only.
The figure given for "other dwellings with alarms" also includes local authority amenity dwellings.
Source: SEDD Housing Statistics - S1B Return

In 2002, the Shetland Islands had the highest rate of very sheltered housing (8.0) per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over. This accounted for 4 per cent of their total special needs housing stock. The rate for Scotland was 2.5 per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over.

Dundee City had the highest number of sheltered dwellings (155.8) per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over. At the same time the Scotland total was 43.9, whilst Orkney Islands had only 18.1 dwellings per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over. Eighty-Seven per cent of Dundee City's housing stock was in the sheltered dwellings' category. Meanwhile in Glasgow City only 18 per cent of their stock fell within this category.

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