High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Home Care
Home Care Services give people the support, practical help and personal care that they need to live as independently as possible in the community.
In the last week in March 2011, there were 63,458 Home Care clients. The number of Home Care clients has declined over the last 4 years - after an increase in clients each year between 2003 and 2005 and a levelling in 2006 and 2007.
The number of hours of Home Care provided to clients has increased, by around 3 per cent over the latest year to 683,848 hours.
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Source: Scottish Government Health Analytical Services Division, Home Care Census
Intensive Home Care
Latest figures show that the proportion of people aged 65 and over receiving intensive home care (10+ hours a week) as a percentage of all older people receiving long term care, has increased from 25.6% in 2003 to 32.3% in 2011.
The Scottish Government has established a National Indicator to increase the percentage of people aged 65 or over with high levels of care needs who are cared for at home. This indicator reflects the priority of shifting the balance of care from acute to community and home settings where possible and appropriate.
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Source: Scottish Government Health Analytical Services Division, Home Care Census and Quarterly monitoring returns and ISD, Continuing Care Census.
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