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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2000

Residential Care Homes

Tables 1.12 to 1.20 contain information on private and voluntary residential care homes registered with social work registration and inspection units and local authority run residential care homes. Tables in this chapter cover residential homes primarily intended for older people; homes for other client groups are included in chapters 2 - 5. For definitions on which the data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.

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 1.12: Residential Care Homes for Older People, 1980-2000

		1980¹	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
No of Homes	Local Authority	247	267	277	260	256	246	239	219	213
	Private		60	247	258	246	249	273	275	261
	Voluntary	175	142	137	157	161	169	169	165	157
	Total	422	469	661	675	663	664	681	659	631
No of Beds	Local Authority	9,348	9,816	9,712	8,317	8,071	7,694	7,464	6,876	6,562
	Private		1,044	4,124	4,514	4,407	4,622	5,025	5,280	5,074
	Voluntary	5,061	4,477	4,510	4,157	4,123	4,211	4,188	4,144	4,215
	Total	14,409	15,337	18,346	16,988	16,601	16,527	16,677	16,300	15,851
No of Residents	Local Authority	8,790	9,068	8,807	7,584	7,407	7,108	6,706	6,059	5,917
	Private		924	3,195	3,934	3,818	3,846	4,386	4,477	4,143
	Voluntary	4,672	4,193	4,355	3,807	3,812	3,815	3,791	3,684	3,702
	Total	13,462	14,185	16,357	15,325	15,037	14,769	14,883	14,220	13,762

¹ In 1980 the figures for the private and voluntary sectors are grouped together.

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

Table 1.12 provides a breakdown of the number of residential care homes, beds and residents over time, split by sector.

The number of beds available has increased since 1980 but has remained around 16 - 17,000 since 1995; there were 15,851 beds available in 2000.

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Table 1.13: Residential Care Homes for Older People, 2000

Local Authority	Local Authority			Private			Voluntary			Total			Residents per 1,000 pop'n 65+
Local Authority	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Residents per 1,000 pop'n 65+
Aberdeen City	9	289	225	3	37	30	9	349	296	21	675	551	17
Aberdeenshire	13	335	319	10	152	129	6	168	149	29	655	597	19
Angus	4	112	100	19	353	308	2	70	62	25	535	470	25
Argyll & Bute	7	119	105	17	339	268	4	99	92	28	557	465	28
Clackmannanshire	2	71	61	-	-	-	1	12	10	3	83	71	10
Dumfries & Galloway	-	-	-	21	440	323	12	378	345	33	818	668	24
Dundee City	6	243	215	7	143	104	5	95	89	18	481	408	16
East Ayrshire	4	100	90	12	254	134	2	78	67	18	432	291	15
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	3	85	73	1	33	31	4	118	104	6
East Lothian	3	113	103	3	70	69	3	85	70	9	268	242	16
East Renfrewshire	1	37	36	2	38	36	4	125	120	7	200	192	14
Edinburgh, City of	14	623	566	9	188	172	18	478	429	41	1,289	1,167	17
Eileanan Siar	15	181	144	1	6	6	1	14	14	17	201	164	32
Falkirk	6	182	172	3	51	39	3	51	47	12	284	258	12
Fife	11	355	326	20	422	381	9	187	174	40	964	881	16
Glasgow City	23	1,013	920	13	290	264	19	480	417	55	1,783	1,601	18
Highland	19	315	268	29	462	367	8	160	144	56	937	779	23
Inverclyde	3	66	58	3	75	57	4	129	86	10	270	201	15
Midlothian	3	129	112	3	74	68	3	75	69	9	278	249	22
Moray	5	129	110	4	73	54	1	55	48	10	257	212	15
North Ayrshire	6	128	122	13	200	174	3	90	76	22	418	372	17
North Lanarkshire	10	388	366	8	155	125	1	13	7	19	556	498	11
Orkney Islands	2	75	73	3	31	24	-	-	-	5	106	97	30
Perth & Kinross	3	126	117	18	384	330	8	194	165	29	704	612	25
Renfrewshire	6	230	216	6	143	123	3	82	77	15	455	416	16
Scottish Borders	6	199	193	8	135	106	4	108	94	18	442	393	19
Shetland Islands	3	54	52	-	-	-	6	81	74	9	135	126	42
South Ayrshire	5	156	129	4	56	32	3	81	58	12	293	219	10
South Lanarkshire	8	284	254	10	252	211	6	313	270	24	849	735	17
Stirling	4	101	75	5	104	88	5	100	92	14	305	255	20
West Dunbartonshire	7	225	211	2	36	27	1	10	9	10	271	247	17
West Lothian	5	184	179	2	26	21	2	22	21	9	232	221	13
Scotland	213	6,562	5,917	261	5,074	4,143	157	4,215	3,702	631	15,851	13,762	17

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

As is apparent from chart 1.3, the proportion of residential care beds in the local authority sector has been decreasing since 1990, whilst the number in the private and voluntary sectors has been on the increase.

Table 1.13 presents the number of residential care homes for older people, their associated places and residents by sector for each local authority in Scotland.

Overall in Scotland there were 17 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over. Shetland Islands had 42 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over. At the other end of the scale East Dunbartonshire had only 6 residents per 1,000 population aged 65 and over.

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