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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 3B3 Community care: home help and meal services, 1986, 1992-19961 |
1986 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
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| Home help services | |||||||
| Total Home Helps 2 | 9,837 |
10,522 |
11,025 |
10,641 |
11,272 |
11,2663 |
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| Clients receiving home helps (at 31 March) | 71,780 |
88,505 |
88,038 |
90,822 |
93,471 |
92,754 |
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| Clients under 65 | 6,284 |
9,736 |
9,684 |
10,243 |
11,235 |
11,1304 |
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| Clients 65 and over | 65,496 |
78,769 |
78,354 |
80,579 |
82,236 |
81,6244 |
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| Clients 65 and over, per 1,000 population 65 and over | 88 |
1025 |
101 |
104 |
106 |
104 |
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| Meal services | |||||||
| Estimated number of meals served during year | (thousands) | 4,021 |
4,583 |
4,819 |
4,785 |
4,500 |
4,747 |
| Meals on wheels | (thousands) | 1,867 |
2,2406 |
2,3356 |
2,3387 |
2,238 |
2,422 |
| Luncheon clubs | (thousands) | 2,154 |
2,3438,9 |
2,4849 |
2,447 |
2,262 |
2,32510 |
| Estimated number of people receiving meals-on-wheels | 14,939 |
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Source: SWSG: SOHD |
| 1 For year ending 31 March. |
| 2 Whole time equivalent. |
| 3 1995 figure used for Tayside. |
| 4 Fife figures use 60 years old instead of 65 as the cut-off. |
| 5 Population figures for mid 1991 used. |
| 6 1991 figures used for Borders region. |
| 7 Lothian region figure used is an estimate. |
| 8 1988 figures used for Strathclyde region. |
| 9 1990 figures used for Borders region. |
| 10 1994 figure used for Dumfries & Galloway, 1995 for Aberdeen City district, Central and Fife. |
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