Community Care Scotland 1997 Section 2 page 2

Community Care, Scotland 1997

Table 2.2 Residential Care Homes for Older People: 1983 - 1997

	Year ⁽²⁾
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Local Authority Homes

No of homes	247	252	263	269	275	278	278	277	281	271	266	264	260	256	246
No of beds	9,301	9,418	9,727	9,866	9,993	9,918	9,783	9,712	9,624	9,310	9,147	8,826	8,317	8,071	7,694
No of residents⁽¹⁾	8,717	8,901	8,985	9,161	9,302	9,324	9,118	8,807	8,835	8,520	8,037	7,843	7,584	7,407	7,108
No of residents per member of staff (WTE)	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.2	1.2
Average home size	38	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	32	32	31

Registered Homes⁽³⁾

No of homes (private)	184	194	61	95	135	195	230	247	255	254	256	256	258	246	249
(voluntary)			146	139	137	136	139	137	134	131	135	146	157	161	169
No of beds (private)	5,237	5,380	1,037	1,626	2,267	3,212	3,877	4,124	4,320	4,383	4,528	4,463	4,514	4,407	4,622
(voluntary)			4,556	4,468	4,463	4,453	4,564	4,510	4,227	4,244	4,245	4,182	4,157	4,123	4,211
No of residents⁽¹⁾(private)	4,649	4,998	910	1,417	1,969	2,737	3,317	3,195	3,775	3,822	3,917	3,876	3,934	3,818	3,846
(voluntary)			4,266	4,134	4,136	4,032	4,134	4,355	3,869	3,808	3,822	3,847	3,807	3,812	3,815
No of residents per (private)	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2
member of staff (WTE) (voluntary)			1.9	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1
Average home size (private)	29	28	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	19
(voluntary)			31	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	29	26	26	25

All Homes

No of homes	431	446	470	503	547	609	647	661	670	656	657	666	675	663	664
No of beds	14,538	14,798	15,320	15,960	16,723	17,583	18,224	18,346	18,171	17,937	17,920	17,471	16,988	16,601	16,527
No of residents⁽¹⁾	13,366	13,899	14,161	14,712	15,407	16,093	16,569	16,357	16,479	16,150	15,776	15,566	15,325	15,037	14,769
No of residents per member of staff (WTE)	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2
Average home size	34	34	33	32	31	29	28	28	28	28	28	26	25	25	25

⁽¹⁾Includes holiday/respite care residents.

⁽²⁾ Figures are at 31 March.

⁽³⁾ For 1983-84, a private/voluntary split is not available.