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Section Five: Care Homes for Adults in Other Client Group

Table 18 - Care Homes by Sector, Places and Residents, March 2005

Source: SCHC1 March 2005

Table 19 - Care Homes, Places and Residents, 2000 - 2005

Care homes registered for other types of user can include homes for adults with acquired brain injuries, mothers and children, alcohol related problems, drugs related problems, AIDS/ HIV and other vulnerable groups.

In March 2005 there were a total of 54 care homes for adults in other client groups. These homes offered a total of 765 places, an average of 14 places per home, and had 605 residents. The majority of the 54 homes (47 homes or 87 per cent of all homes) operated in the voluntary sector and these homes offered a total of 595 places, making the average size of a care home in the voluntary sector 13 places. Of the remaining 7 care homes, 4 were run by local authorities and 3 were privately run. The local authority run homes offered a total of 50 places (13 places per home) whilst the 3 private homes offered 120 places, an average of 40 places per home.

Since March 2000 the number of care homes in this client group has fallen by 18, from 72 to 54. This has coincided with a reduction of 217 places, from 982 to 765 and of 178 residents from 783 to 605. Table 19 omits information on care homes for other client groups that have deregistered to become housing support services (see annex F).

Background Information on the Census of Care Home Establishments

The Scottish Care Home census is intended to cover all adult care home establishments that are registered with the Care Commission. The Care Commission is responsible for regulating a wide range of social services and was established under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.

This census (first issued in March 2003) replaces two previous surveys. It combines the former 'Residential Care Home Census - R1' (run by the Scottish Executive) and the 'Private Nursing Homes Census' (run by ISD Scotland).

The figures from this census cannot be directly compared with the figures from the Residential Care Home and Private Nursing Home censuses as many homes were registered as both residential care homes and private nursing homes. Therefore simply adding together the final statistics published in those 2 surveys would result in double counting.

The 2000 to 2002 figures presented in this statistics release remove this element of double counting by combining the information from the residential care home census and nursing home census and comparing this with the information received in March 2003. All figures in the release are final apart from March 2005 which is provisional.

This census is issued twice a year (whereas the previous surveys were annual). The figures in this release relate to 31 March 2005. They are provisional and subject to change. Final figures will be published in the next care home census release which will relate to the situation on the 30 September 2005.

The number of open establishments covered by the March census was 1,523. Full or partial responses were received from 1,385 open care homes giving an estimated response rate of approximately 91 per cent.

The figures in this statistics release have been grossed up to take account of non-response. The methodology adopted was based on carrying forward previous records available for the care home in question. This methodology is different to that used previously for non-response, therefore care should be taken when making comparisons with the pre-2003 data.

Ongoing work to bring the database of care homes into line with that held by the Care Commission has led to a number of homes previously believed to have closed or de-registered to housing support having been brought back into this census while a small number of client groups have also been changed as a result of this work. Therefore historical data will be slightly different but more accurate in this release compared to previous ones.

Further numbers of homes across clients groups continue to deregister with the Care Commission as providing care for clients. These homes have not closed but have been omitted entirely from this statistics release. They are still operational and will be re-registering with the Care Commission as Housing Support services. Information on the number of homes deregistering for this reason is available in annex F.

Further Information

Further details and analysis of the data presented in this Statistics Release is available on request from the address following. The Statistics Release is also available on the Scottish Executive web site ( www.scotland.gov.uk). This release was published on 22 September 2005

Tel: 0131 244 3777
E-mail: SWStat@scotland.gov.uk

22nd September 2005

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