Community Care Scotland 1997 Section 2 page 14

Community Care, Scotland 1997

Table 2.14 Disabilities of Residents in Homes for older people as at 31 March 1997

	Type of Disability							Total Residents
	Physical Disability	Learning Disability	Mental Health Problems	Chairbound/ Bedfast	Regularly Incontinent	Mentally Confused	No Disability
LA Homes
Number	3,554	310	777	276	1,438	2,587	1,183	6,651
%	53	5	12	4	22	39	18

Private Homes
Number	1,403	67	368	171	709	1,259	1,223	3,792
%	37	2	10	5	19	33	32

Voluntary Homes
Number	1,621	63	364	656	833	1,180	990	3,735
%	43	2	10	18	22	32	27

All Homes
Number	6,578	440	1,509	1,103	2,980	5,026	3,396	14,178
%1997	46	3	11	8	21	35	24
%1996	44	3	9	8	20	32	29
%1995	38	3	8	8	19	29	35
%1994	38	3	7	9	17	28	35
%1993	39	4	8	8	17	30	34
%1992	41	4	7	5	17	28	34
%1991	44	4	7	5	17	30	30
%1990	45	5	7	5	18	29	30
%1989	45	5	7	5	18	29	30
%1988	42	4	5	5	16	27	34
%1987	41	5	4	4	13	24	37
%1986	38	4	4	4	11	21	42
%1985	39	4	4	4	11	20	42
%1984	36	5	4	4	11	18	45
%1983	37	5	4	4	11	18	44
%1982	38	5	4	4	10	18	43

Note: as some residents have more than one disability/infirmity, percentages do not add up to 100.