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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2000

Residential Care Homes

Tables 2.5 to 2.12 contain information on residential care homes primarily intended for people with learning disabilities. Homes for other client groups are included in chapters 1, 3, 4 and 5. Please refer to the notes in annex A for definitions on which the data are collected.

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 2.5: Residential Care Homes for People with Learning Disabilities, 1980 - 2000

		1981¹	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
No of Homes	Local Authority	44	61	64	93	93	97	100	98	103
	Private	-	1	30	54	57	62	61	63	72
	Voluntary	16	21	104	307	330	364	416	433	453
	Total	60	83	198	454	480	523	577	594	628
No of Beds	Local Authority	561	800	895	885	862	862	899	859	841
	Private	-	8	311	508	572	606	582	579	680
	Voluntary	532	656	1,295	2,646	2,666	2,737	3,141	3,087	3,239
	Total	1,093	1,464	2,501	4,039	4,100	4,205	4,622	4,525	4,760
No of Residents	Local Authority	495	740	807	786	774	751	798	768	740
	Private	-	5	297	489	541	584	571	561	631
	Voluntary	481	591	1,208	2,522	2,598	2,620	2,979	2,893	3,023
	Total	976	1,336	2,312	3,797	3,913	3,955	4,348	4,222	4,394

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

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

The number of beds in homes for people with learning disabilities has increased considerably since 1980 but has increased at a slower rate since 1995.

Between 1995 and 2000 the majority of residential care beds were within the voluntary sector, ranging from 66 per cent in 1995 to 68 per cent in 2000. Over the same period the proportion of beds in the local authority sector reduced slightly from 22 to 18 per cent.

Table 2.6: Residential Care Homes for People with Learning Disabilities, 2000

Local Authority	Local Authority			Voluntary			Private			Total			Residents per 10,000 Pop'n aged 16-64
Local Authority	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Homes	Beds	Residents	Residents per 10,000 Pop'n aged 16-64
Aberdeen City	5	64	60	33	268	250	-	-	-	38	332	310	22.0
Aberdeenshire	5	30	25	42	247	231	3	23	22	50	300	278	18.7
Angus	2	43	41	4	31	30	3	37	37	9	111	108	15.6
Argyll & Bute	2	26	19	5	48	41	6	42	36	13	116	96	17.0
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	3	48	48	-	-	-	3	48	48	15.4
Dumfries & Galloway	2	19	18	8	89	85	1	12	11	11	120	114	12.7
Dundee City	8	72	54	4	29	25	1	26	26	13	127	105	11.6
East Ayrshire	2	28	22	3	26	24	4	69	57	9	123	103	13.4
East Dunbartonshire	1	14	13	6	32	30	-	-	-	7	46	43	5.8
East Lothian	-	-	-	42	155	143	-	-	-	42	155	143	24.6
East Renfrewshire	1	12	12	3	44	38	-	-	-	4	56	50	8.6
Edinburgh, City of	6	63	57	70	314	299	12	45	38	88	422	394	12.8
Eileanan Siar	1	16	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	16	12	7.2
Falkirk	2	5	3	7	43	43	8	108	108	17	156	154	16.3
Fife	34	122	118	16	102	98	2	14	13	52	238	229	10.2
Glasgow City	3	35	30	34	342	314	-	-	-	37	377	344	8.5
Highland	4	27	26	11	123	113	9	100	91	24	250	230	17.3
Inverclyde	2	15	14	5	82	77	-	-	-	7	97	91	16.9
Midlothian	-	-	-	33	174	174	5	20	19	38	194	193	35.4
Moray	1	4	2	13	68	58	1	6	6	15	78	66	12.3
North Ayrshire	1	8	7	6	44	44	1	5	5	8	57	56	6.3
North Lanarkshire	2	22	20	20	176	162	-	-	-	22	198	182	8.5
Orkney Islands	1	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	5	4.1
Perth & Kinross	2	21	21	6	64	63	2	48	43	10	133	127	15.2
Renfrewshire	3	31	31	4	47	45	-	-	-	7	78	76	6.6
Scottish Borders	1	5	5	39	191	180	1	6	6	41	202	191	28.7
Shetland Islands	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	0.7
South Ayrshire	2	20	15	4	240	205	-	-	-	6	260	220	30.7
South Lanarkshire	4	76	66	10	88	84	3	38	38	17	202	188	9.3
Stirling	1	12	8	2	30	29	1	29	26	4	71	63	11.2
West Dunbartonshire	2	22	22	4	34	31	-	-	-	6	56	53	8.8
West Lothian	2	15	13	16	60	59	9	52	49	27	127	121	11.4
Scotland	103	841	740	453	3,239	3,023	72	680	631	628	4,760	4,394	13.2

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return

In 2000 there were 628 homes with 4,760 places available. These provided accommodation for a total of 4,394 residents.

Midlothian had the highest rate of residents 35.4 per 10,000 of the population aged 16 to 64. Shetland Islands had the lowest rate at 0.7. In comparison, the overall rate for Scotland was 13.2 residents per 10,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64.

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