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Section Six: Care Homes for Adults in Other Client Group

Table 22 - Care Homes by Sector, Places and Residents, September 2005

Source: SCHC1 September 2005

Table 23 - Care Homes, Places and Residents, 2000 - 2005

Source: SCHC1 September 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 September 2005 there were a total of 55 care homes for adults in other client groups. These homes offered a total of 753 places, an average of 14 places per home, and had 602 residents. The majority of the 55 homes (47 homes or 85 per cent of all homes) operated in the voluntary sector and these homes offered a total of 602 places, making the average size of a care home in the voluntary sector 13 places. Of the remaining 8 care homes, 5 were run by local authorities and 3 were privately run. The local authority run homes offered a total of 50 places (10 places per home) whilst the 3 private homes offered 101 places, an average of 34 places per home.

A total of 560 of the available places in homes in this client group were in single rooms (77 per cent) and 140 places (19 per cent) were in rooms with ensuite facilities.

Since March 2000 the number of care homes in this client group has fallen by 16, from 71 to 55. This has coincided with a reduction of 229 places, from 982 to 753 and of 181 residents from 783 to 602. 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 September 2005 which is provisional.

This census is issued twice a year (whereas the previous surveys were annual). The figures in this release relate to 30 September 2005. They are provisional and subject to change.

The number of open establishments covered by the September census was 1,504. Full or partial responses were received from 1,339 open care homes giving an estimated response rate of approximately 89 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.

All figures in this release omit care homes that deregistered to become Housing Support services. Information on the number of former care homes deregistering for this reason can be found in annex F.

This release contains details of long stay residents in care homes for older people. This is the first time such information has been published since the introduction of the current form of the census in March 2003. Forms are received for approximately 75 per cent of all long stay residents. The remaining 25 per cent are estimated using a series of computer programs. If resident details are missing from a particular home, the programs will identify 'similar' homes for which resident details are available and will estimate the details of the missing records based on these.

Further details and analysis of both the establishment and resident data presented in this Statistics Release is available on request from the following address. The Statistics Release is also available on the Scottish Executive web site ( www.scotland.gov.uk). This release was published on 15 March 2006

Contact: Steven Gillespie
Tel: 0131 244 3777
E-mail: SWStat@scotland.gov.uk
15th March 2006

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