| Community Care, Scotland 1997 |
| Table 2.18 Short Stay/Respite Care in Homes for Older People: 31 March 1997 |
Local Authority |
Ordinary |
Short
Stay/Respite |
Total |
| Aberdeen City | 623 |
14 |
637 |
| Aberdeenshire | 545 |
33 |
578 |
| Angus | 443 |
10 |
453 |
| Argyll & Bute | 562 |
18 |
580 |
| Clackmannanshire | 72 |
8 |
80 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 535 |
25 |
560 |
| Dundee City | 519 |
22 |
541 |
| East Ayrshire | 251 |
14 |
265 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 116 |
5 |
121 |
| East Lothian | 304 |
5 |
309 |
| East Renfrewshire | 201 |
2 |
203 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,251 |
36 |
1,287 |
| Eilean Siar | 160 |
20 |
180 |
| Falkirk | 285 |
8 |
293 |
| Fife | 813 |
42 |
855 |
| Glasgow City | 1,856 |
56 |
1,912 |
| Highland | 785 |
46 |
831 |
| Inverclyde | 274 |
6 |
280 |
| Midlothian | 242 |
7 |
249 |
| Moray | 232 |
3 |
235 |
| North Ayrshire | 333 |
9 |
342 |
| North Lanarkshire | 528 |
28 |
556 |
| Orkney Islands | 85 |
7 |
92 |
| Perth & Kinross | 630 |
21 |
651 |
| Renfrewshire | 410 |
11 |
421 |
| Scottish Borders | 403 |
16 |
419 |
| Shetland Islands | 99 |
11 |
110 |
| South Ayrshire | 277 |
15 |
292 |
| South Lanarkshire | 575 |
30 |
605 |
| Stirling | 354 |
5 |
359 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 239 |
7 |
246 |
| West Lothian | 219 |
8 |
227 |
| Scotland | 14,221 |
548 |
14,769 |
| Note: Short stay or respite residents usually stay for up to four weeks although this can vary according to type of home |