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Vacancy Monitoring in Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes, Scotland 2000

Statistical Release

Introduction

The purpose of this Statistics Release is to present information on occupancy rates, admissions and vacancies in residential care homes for older people and nursing homes in Scotland. It contains provisional information, submitted by residential care homes to the Scottish Executive and by nursing homes to the Information & Statistics Division of the NHS in Scotland.

Refer to the supplementary information outlined later in this report for further details relating to the census of Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes.

Main points

• Occupancy rates in residential care homes for older people and nursing homes have fluctuated since the vacancy monitoring scheme began. The number of occupied beds in nursing homes has generally increased over the period, as have those in private residential care homes for older people.
• There has been a general decrease in the number of occupied beds in local authority and voluntary residential care homes for older people. However, the latter has experienced a slight up turn during the latest period. (See Table 1 and Figures 1a-1c.)
• The number of occupied beds and bed complement in local authority homes for older people has generally fallen since March 1993. Over the latest period the number of occupied beds has decreased at a lesser rate than the bed complement, resulting in a rise in occupancy rate. (See Table 2a & Figure 2a.)
• Both bed complement and the number of occupied beds in private residential care homes for older people have reduced after a long period of increase. (See Table 2b & Figure 2b.)
• Against the general trend since the scheme began, the number of occupied beds and bed complement in nursing homes has decreased for the latest year. (See Table 2d & Figure 2d.)

SECTION 1

SECTION 2 - OCCUPANCY RATES IN RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND IN NURSING HOMES

SECTION 3 - ADMISSIONS INTO RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOR OLDERPEOPLE AND NURSING HOMES

SECTION 4 - RESPONSE RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOROLDER PEOPLE AND NURSING HOMES

SECTION 5 - SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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