SAS Chapter 3 : page :7

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

3B community care

Table 3B1 Community care: residential provision, 1993-1996

	Homes for people with learning disabilities				Homes for people with mental health problems				Homes for physically disabled people and other homes				Homes for older people				Total
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1993	1994	1995	1996	1993	1994	1995	1996	1993	1994	1995	1996	1993	1994	1995	1996
All establishments
Homes	235	338	454	480	93	131	157	184	98	131	118	127	657	666	675	663	1,083	1,266	1,404	1,454
Beds	2,754	3,357	4,039	4,100	692	992	1,105	1,223	1,665	2,064	1,856	1,927	17,920	17,471	16,988	16,601	23,031	23,884	23,988	23,851
Occupants	2,535	3,147	3,797	3,913	638	857	973	1,057	1,422	1,688	1,513	1,553	15,776	15,566	15,325	15,037	20,371	21,258	21,608	21,560
Occupancy rate(%)	92	94	94	95	92	86	88	86	85	82	82	81	88	89	90	91	88	89	354	353
Staff ¹	2,044	2,668	3,538	3,804	348	532	712	769	1,276	1,699	1,668	1,657	11,818	13,235	12,098	12,691	15,486	18,134	18,016	18,921
Local authority Establishments
Homes	54	84	93	93	15	15	14	14	6	17	11	11	266	264	260	256	341	380	378	374
Beds	812	888	885	862	76	87	60	62	74	210	159	171	9,147	8,826	8,317	8,071	10,109	10,011	9,421	9,166
Occupants	709	788	786	774	53	54	40	33	50	140	106	131	8,037	7,843	7,584	7,407	8,849	8,825	8,516	8,345
Occupancy rate(%)	87	89	89	90	70	62	67	53	68	67	67	77	88	89	91	92	88	88	314	312
Staff ¹	602	786	820	876	21	32	29	30	144	179	122	130	6,501	6,999	5,524	6,246	7,268	7,996	6,495	7,282
Registered establishments
Homes	181	254	361	387	78	116	143	170	82	114	107	116	391	402	415	407	732	886	1,026	1,080
Beds	1,942	2,469	3,154	3,238	616	905	1,045	1,161	1,591	1,854	1,697	1,756	8,773	8,645	8,671	8,530	12,922	13,873	14,567	14,685
Occupants	1,826	2,359	3,011	3,139	585	803	933	1,024	1,372	1,548	1,407	1,422	7,739	7,723	7,741	7,630	11,522	12,433	13,092	13,215
Occupancy rate(%)	94	96	95	97	95	89	89	88	86	83	83	81	88	89	89	89	89	90	356	355
Staff ¹	1,442	1,834	2,718	2,928	327	500	683	739	1,132	1,520	1,546	1,527	5,317	6,236	6,574	6,445	8,218	10,090	11,521	11,639

Source: SWSG: SOHD

¹ Whole time equivalent.

Chart 3B1 Distribution of residential care homes in Scotland as at 31 March 1996

Pie Chart

Source: SWSG: SOHD