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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2000

Table 1.4: Time of Home Care Provision, 2000

Local Authority

Morning/Lunchtime
(7am - 2pm)

Afternoon/Early Evening
(2pm - 7pm)

Evening
(7pm - 10 pm)

Overnight
(10pm - 7am)

Total Hours1

Hours per 1,000 Pop'n 16+

No. of Hours

% of Total

No. of Hours

% of Total

No. of Hours

% of Total

No. of Hours

% of Total

Aberdeen City

13,124

88%

1,595

11%

240

2%

30

0%

14,988

87

Aberdeenshire

11,575

76%

1,879

12%

655

4%

1,062

7%

15,171

84

Angus

4,556

78%

763

13%

380

6%

160

3%

5,859

67

Argyll & Bute

4,629

76%

708

12%

608

10%

124

2%

6,069

83

Clackmanannshire

3,304

63%

1,080

21%

544

10%

313

6%

5,240

137

Dumfries & Galloway

10,747

77%

1,684

12%

1,252

9%

293

2%

13,976

119

Dundee City

8,112

79%

1,412

14%

588

6%

208

2%

10,320

89

East Ayrshire

6,735

74%

1,264

14%

974

11%

147

2%

9,120

95

East Dunbartonshire

4,181

75%

926

17%

330

6%

125

2%

5,562

62

East Lothian

6,314

84%

750

10%

457

6%

4

0%

7,525

103

East Renfrewshire

4,120

80%

541

11%

314

6%

170

3%

5,144

72

Edinburgh, City of

29,409

87%

3,346

10%

1,204

4%

8

0%

33,966

90

Eileanan Siar

4,475

81%

656

12%

246

4%

162

3%

5,539

254

Falkirk 2

12,753

89%

 

0%

 

0%

1,515

11%

14,268
123

Fife

20,316

77%

4,215

16%

1,551

6%

292

1%

26,374

94

Glasgow City

24,869

42%

25,640

43%

7,060

12%

1,764

3%

59,333

121

Highland

10,536

83%

1,188

9%

819

6%

140

1%

12,683

76

Inverclyde

4,602

81%

676

12%

253

4%

167

3%

5,698

85

Midlothian

4,619

79%

846

14%

321

5%

72

1%

5,858

89

Moray

4,724

67%

999

14%

770

11%

583

8%

7,076

105

North Ayrshire

7,613

71%

1,712

16%

1,059

10%

338

3%

10,722

97

North Lanarkshire

15,006

76%

1,728

9%

1,329

7%

1,597

8%

19,660

76

Orkney Islands

1,124

44%

1,278

50%

45

2%

90

4%

2,537

163

Perth & Kinross

3,785

77%

521

11%

413

8%

189

4%

4,908

45

Renfrewshire

11,581

65%

4,337

24%

1,509

8%

360

2%

17,787

126

Scottish Borders

5,582

70%

1,467

18%

720

9%

168

2%

7,938

92

Shetland Islands

2,042

78%

423

16%

107

4%

30

1%

2,602

150

South Ayrshire

6,908

66%

1,807

17%

1,133

11%

582

6%

10,430

112

South Lanarkshire

14,268

74%

2,867

15%

1,674

9%

362

2%

19,171

78

Stirling

4,163

59%

1,439

20%

690

10%

775

11%

7,066

103

West Dunbartonshire

9,099

79%

1,497

13%

692

6%

230

2%

11,518

154

West Lothian

7,286

81%

875

10%

665

7%

143

2%

8,968

73

Scotland

282,154

72%

70,117

18%

28,601

7%

12,201

3%

393,074

96

1 Totals may not equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
2 Data refers to 7am - 4pm and 4pm to 7am only

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - H1 Return

Table 1.4 presents the number of hours of home care service provided by each local authority at a given time of day.

A total of 393,074 hours were provided to home care clients during the census week in 2000. Eileanan Siar provided the highest number of home care hours per 1,000 of the population aged 16 and over (254). Conversely, Perth & Kinross provided the lowest rate at 45 hours whilst the rate for Scotland as a whole was 96 hours per 1,000 population aged 16 plus.

Stirling provided 21 per cent of their home care either in the evening or overnight (between the hours of 7pm and 7am), this was the highest of all local authorities. Over Scotland as a whole, 10 per cent of hours were provided during this time. Aberdeen City provided only 2 per cent of home care hours in the evening or overnight. The majority of home care hours (72 per cent) in 2000 were provided between 7am and 2pm, compared to 80 per cent in 1999. Evening and overnight home care has increased from 7 per cent in 1999 to 10 per cent in 2000.

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