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Tables 4.3 and 4.4 provide information on day care services primarily intended for physically disabled people. Day care figures for other client groups are included in chapters 1, 2, 3 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 4.3: Number of Day Centres1 for Physically Disabled People, Places and People Attending, 1980-1998
| Year |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
Number of day centres |
25 |
31 |
38 |
36 |
37 |
39 |
39 |
|
Number of places |
1,173 |
1,464 |
1,663 |
1,515 |
1,674 |
1,637 |
1,800 |
|
Number attending |
1,035 |
1,471 |
1,939 |
2,000 |
2,430 |
2,249 |
2,482 |
1 Includes centres with 4 or less places (which are usually attached to residential homes).
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return
Table 4.3 shows the number of day centres for physically disabled people, places and attendees from 1980 to 1998.
The number of places and number of attendees have fluctuated from year to year, but there has been an overall increase to 1,800 places and 2,482 attendees in 1998. In 1998 there was an average of 46 places and 64 attendees per centre.
Table 4.4: Number of Day Centres1 for Physically Disabled People, Places and People Attending, 1998
|
Local Authority |
Number of Centres |
Number of Places |
Places per 10,000 Pop'n aged 16-64 |
Number Attending |
People Attending per 10,000 Pop'n aged 16-64 |
|
Aberdeen City |
1 |
65 |
4.6 |
85 |
6.0 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
1 |
40 |
7.0 |
50 |
8.8 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
1 |
55 |
17.6 |
81 |
25.9 |
|
Dundee City |
3 |
115 |
12.4 |
188 |
20.2 |
|
East Ayrshire |
1 |
25 |
3.2 |
14 |
1.8 |
|
East Lothian |
1 |
16 |
2.8 |
26 |
4.6 |
|
Edinburgh, City of |
3 |
300 |
9.9 |
332 |
10.9 |
|
Falkirk |
1 |
50 |
2.2 |
88 |
3.9 |
|
Fife |
3 |
130 |
3.2 |
221 |
5.4 |
|
Glasgow City |
6 |
219 |
16.5 |
290 |
21.9 |
|
Highland |
6 |
57 |
10.5 |
84 |
15.5 |
|
Moray |
1 |
50 |
5.6 |
118 |
13.2 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
4 |
145 |
117.9 |
157 |
127.7 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
1 |
100 |
8.6 |
89 |
7.7 |
|
Renfrewshire |
2 |
199 |
30.1 |
345 |
52.3 |
|
Scottish Borders |
1 |
20 |
13.5 |
49 |
33.2 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
1 |
60 |
11.1 |
60 |
11.1 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
1 |
124 |
12.0 |
109 |
10.6 |
|
West Lothian |
1 |
30 |
17.5 |
96 |
55.9 |
|
Scotland |
39 |
1,800 |
5.4 |
2,482 |
7.5 |
1 Includes centres with 4 or less places (which are usually attachedd to residential homes).
Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return
Table 4.4 presents the number of day centres for physically disabled people in each local authority in 1998. Only 20 local authorities reported day centre provision for physically disabled people.
North Lanarkshire provided the highest number of places (118) and people attending (128) per 10,000 of the population aged 16 to 64 years. The number of places in Scotland was 5 for every 10,000 of the population aged 16 to 64 and there were 8 attendees.
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