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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 3B2 Community care: disabilities of residents in homes for older people, 1996 |
Type of disability (percentages) |
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Physical |
Learning |
Mental Health |
Chairbound |
Regularly |
Mentally |
No disability |
Total number of
residents1 |
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| All homes | 44 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
20 |
32 |
29 |
14,513 |
| Local authority homes | 51 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
20 |
35 |
24 |
6,932 |
| Voluntary homes | 43 |
2 |
8 |
18 |
21 |
28 |
31 |
3,783 |
| Private homes | 34 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
18 |
32 |
36 |
3,798 |
Source: SWSG: SOHD |
| 1 Excludes residents in homes for which detailed information was not available: percentages do not add to 100 as as some residents have more than one disability. |
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