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Scottish Community Care Statistics 1999

Day Care

The day care figures included in this publication cover private and voluntary day centres registered with social work registration & inspection units and day centres run by local authorities. Day care which is provided outwith traditional day centre settings is not included here although it is expected that this will be included in future years. For definitions on which day care data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.

The latest information available is for 1998 as this data series moved from annual to triennial collection and won't be collected again until March 2001.

Tables 1.7 and 1.8 contain information on day centres primarily intended for older people. Figures for day centres for other client groups are included in chapters 2 - 5.

In 1998 a new methodology was introduced for dealing with non-response. Care should be taken when comparing time series data before and after 1998 as the figures may not be directly comparable. Please refer to annex A for more details.

Table 1.7: Number of Day Centres ¹ for Older People, Places and People Attending, 1980-1998

	Year
	1980	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998
Number of day centres	46	100	272	372	361	358	364
Number of places	3,625	5,304	7,829	8,582	7,746	7,465	7,737
Number attending	..	9,766	14,523	15,159	14,926	14,859	12,362

¹ Includes centres with 4 or less places (which are usually attached to residential homes).

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

It can be seen from table 7 that the number of centres in Scotland has remained reasonably stable since 1995 whilst the number of people attending has been steadily declining. The number of places has remained stable for the last 3 years; there were 7,737 places available in 1998.

Table 1.8 presents the number of day centres, places and people attending per local authority in 1998.

The majority of centres are run by local authorities. The proportion of places in the local authority sector in 1999 was 72 per cent compared to 25 per cent in the voluntary sector.

The number of attendees per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over is approximately 16, for Scotland as a whole. The Shetland Islands have 50 attendees per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over, the highest in Scotland. In contrast, the lowest rate (1 attendee per 1,000 of the 65 and over population) is in East Dunbartonshire. East Lothian reported no day care provision for older people.

Table 1.8: Number of Day Centres ¹ for Older People, Places and People Attending by Sector, 1998

Local Authority	Local Authority			Private			Voluntary			Total
Local Authority	Number of Centres	Number of Places	Number Atten- ding	Number of Centres	Number of Places	Number Atten- ding	Number of Centres	Number of Places	Number Attend- ing	Number of Centres	Number of Places	Places per 1,000 Pop'n 65+	Number Atten- ding	Attendees per 1,000 Pop'n 65+
Aberdeen City	13	208	535	-	-	-	1	20	59	14	228	7.2	594	18.7
Aberdeenshire	36	458	545	3	13	4	10	177	151	49	648	21.3	700	23.0
Angus	1	12	53	-	-	-	4	104	210	5	116	6.3	263	14.2
Argyll & Bute	5	92	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	92	5.6	141	8.6
Clackmannanshire	2	105	43	-	-	-	2	10	17	4	115	16.4	60	8.5
Dumfries & Galloway	3	55	205	1	1	2	5	422	422	9	478	17.5	629	23.0
Dundee City	2	70	178	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	70	2.7	178	7.0
East Ayrshire	7	104	127	4	28	20	-	-	-	11	132	6.9	147	7.7
East Dunbartonshire	1	10	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	0.6	20	1.3
East Lothian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Renfrewshire	2	50	122	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	50	3.8	122	9.4
Edinburgh, City of	12	354	623	-	-	-	4	245	339	16	599	8.7	962	14.0
Eileanan Siar	7	47	26	-	-	-	6	30	33	13	77	14.9	59	11.4
Falkirk	3	31	56	3	54	152	4	85	92	10	170	8.0	300	14.1
Fife	17	357	590	-	-	-	1	25	13	18	382	6.9	603	10.9
Glasgow City	26	782	1,064	-	-	-	2	225	306	28	1,007	10.8	1,370	14.7
Highland	27	550	1,145	16	60	13	10	91	103	53	701	21.3	1,261	38.3
Inverclyde	2	29	68	1	8	1	3	48	119	6	85	6.2	188	13.7
Midlothian	1	10	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	0.9	17	1.5
Moray	11	96	114	1	3	2	-	-	-	12	99	7.4	116	8.6
North Ayrshire	6	103	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	103	4.8	184	8.6
North Lanarkshire	15	287	512	2	40	53	-	-	-	17	327	7.4	565	12.8
Orkney Islands	3	41	105	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	41	12.9	105	33.1
Perth & Kinross	3	66	200	-	-	-	2	76	144	5	142	5.8	344	14.2
Renfrewshire	8	306	684	-	-	-	1	40	43	9	346	13.5	727	28.3
Scottish Borders	8	289	333	-	-	-	1	20	18	9	309	15.4	351	17.5
Shetland Islands	3	78	75	-	-	-	4	42	73	7	120	40.9	148	50.4
South Ayrshire	9	304	631	-	-	-	2	157	63	11	461	22.1	694	33.3
South Lanarkshire	20	381	685	-	-	-	1	40	36	21	421	9.8	721	16.8
Stirling	3	63	37	1	7	2	1	7	9	5	77	6.0	48	3.8
West Dunbartonshire	8	179	457	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	179	12.4	457	31.7
West Lothian	3	82	228	-	-	-	1	60	60	4	142	8.5	288	17.1
Scotland	267	5,599	9,803	32	214	249	65	1,924	2,310	364	7,737	9.9	12,362	15.8

¹Includes centres with 4 or less places (which are usually attached to residential homes).
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

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