Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001

Table 1.4: Time of Home Care Provision, 2001

Local Authority	Morning/Lunchtime (7am-2pm)		Afternoon/Early evening (2pm-7pm)		Evening (7pm-10pm)		Overnight (10pm-7am)			Hours per 1,000
Local Authority	No. of hours	% of total	No. of hours	% of total	No. of hours	% of total	No. of hours	% of total	Total hours ¹	Population 16+
Aberdeen City	14,663	89%	1,334	8%	201	1%	205	1%	16,403	95
Aberdeenshire	11,382	76%	1,797	12%	599	4%	1,198	8%	14,977	83
Angus	4,717	77%	898	15%	426	7%	69	1%	6,110	70
Argyll & Bute	4,989	75%	1,071	16%	583	9%	31	0%	6,674	91
Clackmannanshire	3,340	61%	1,060	19%	588	11%	448	8%	5,434	142
Dumfries & Galloway	14,295	77%	2,240	12%	1,665	9%	390	2%	18,590	158
Dundee City	5,897	78%	1,035	14%	554	7%	121	2%	7,607	66
East Ayrshire	6,722	71%	1,428	15%	1,102	12%	157	2%	9,409	98
East Dunbartonshire	4,424	85%	528	10%	213	4%	42	1%	5,207	58
East Lothian	5,394	76%	1,121	16%	546	8%	45	1%	7,106	97
East Renfrewshire	3,935	77%	652	13%	339	7%	184	4%	5,110	71
Edinburgh, City of	22,285	73%	3,758	12%	3,966	13%	391	1%	30,399	81
Eilean Siar	4,213	81%	618	12%	232	4%	153	3%	5,216	239
Falkirk ²	12,536	89%		0%		0%	1,489	11%	14,025	121
Fife	18,111	74%	3,935	16%	1,914	8%	602	2%	24,562	87
Glasgow City	47,563	85%	6,457	12%	1,711	3%	93	0%	55,824	113
Highland	10,806	83%	1,100	8%	912	7%	237	2%	13,055	79
Inverclyde	3,743	64%	1,910	33%	122	2%	33	1%	5,808	86
Midlothian	5,745	83%	761	11%	277	4%	138	2%	6,921	105
Moray	5,466	68%	1,222	15%	1,207	15%	130	2%	8,025	119
North Ayrshire	8,638	74%	2,027	17%	884	8%	138	1%	11,687	106
North Lanarkshire	16,946	70%	3,438	14%	2,090	9%	1,720	7%	24,194	93
Orkney Islands	1,219	44%	1,387	50%	48	2%	97	4%	2,751	177
Perth & Kinross	4,470	83%	646	12%	274	5%	2	0%	5,392	50
Renfrewshire	12,756	74%	3,634	21%	860	5%	75	0%	17,325	123
Scottish Borders	6,060	71%	1,488	17%	881	10%	145	2%	8,574	99
Shetland Islands	2,467	76%	551	17%	190	6%	45	1%	3,253	187
South Ayrshire	6,329	65%	1,696	18%	1,068	11%	586	6%	9,678	104
South Lanarkshire	13,675	71%	3,386	18%	1,746	9%	535	3%	19,341	79
Stirling	4,267	55%	1,635	21%	973	13%	852	11%	7,727	112
West Dunbartonshire	8,175	79%	1,344	13%	621	6%	207	2%	10,347	139
West Lothian	6,105	78%	877	11%	762	10%	91	1%	7,835	64
Scotland	301,333	76%	55,033	14%	27,553	7%	10,647	3%	394,567	96

Totals may not equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
² Data refer to 7am-4pm and 4pm-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 394,567 hours were provided to home care clients during the census week in 2001. Eilean Siar provided the highest number of home care hours per 1,000 of the population aged 16 and over (239). Conversely, Perth & Kinross provided the lowest rate at 50 hours whilst the rate for Scotland as a whole was 96 hours per 1,000 population aged 16 plus.

Stirling provided 24 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 (76 per cent) in 2001 were provided between 7am and 2pm, compared to 72 per cent in 2000. Afternoon and Early Evening (2pm to 7pm) home care has decreased from 18 per cent in 2000 to 14 per cent in 2001.

Table 1.5: Age and Client Group Breakdown of Home Care Clients, 2001

Client Group	Age Group
Client Group	0-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Total clients ¹
People with dementia	71	367	1,244	1,083	2,765
People with mental health problems	1,085	388	413	187	2,073
People with learning disabilities	1,191	149	83	44	1,467
People with physical disabilities ¹	5,621	7,913	19,242	16,732	49,508
People with HIV or AIDS, alcohol or drug problems	299	172	82	8	561
Carers of dependent people in groups above	181	95	96	40	412
Carers/children not in groups above	843	13	5	5	866
People in other vulnerable groups	861	1,357	3,001	2,662	7,881
Total clients	10,152	10,454	24,166	20,761	65,533

Includes frailty due to old age.

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - H1 Return

It can be seen from Table 1.5 that approximately 76 per cent (49,508) of clients receiving home care services provided or purchased by local authorities were people with physical disabilities (including frailty due to old age), and a further 4 per cent were suffering from dementia. Approximately 85 per cent of clients were aged 65 years and over.

Table 1.6 illustrates for each Local Authority the number of older people (aged 65 and over) in receipt of home care services and the client group within which they fall, as at 31 March 2001.

Approximately 79 per cent of all older people receiving home care services in Scotland in 2001 had a physical disability (including frailty due to old age) and 5 per cent were suffering from dementia.

In 2001, Shetland Islands had the highest number of clients (188) per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over. In contrast, East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire both had 46 clients per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over.

Table 1.6: Client Group Breakdown of People aged 65+ Receiving Home Care, 2001

Local Authority	People with dementia	People with mental health problems	People with learning disabilities	People with physical disabilities ¹	People with HIV/AIDS, alcohol or drugs problems	Carers of dependent people in previous groups	Carers/Children not in previous groups	People in other vulnerable groups	Total clients	Clients per 1,000 population aged 65+
Aberdeen City	78	128	15	1,258	36	0	0	1,072	2,587	81
Aberdeenshire	59	5	4	1,545	0	0	0	0	1,613	52
Angus	41	55	6	1,438	2	0	0	23	1,565	85
Argyll & Bute	123	27	46	573	7	7	0	3	786	48
Clackmannanshire	31	15	2	380	6	0	0	35	469	66
Dumfries & Galloway	67	57	10	1,185	1	0	0	436	1,756	63
Dundee City	136	9	8	405	0	0	0	1,622	2,180	86
East Ayrshire	61	14	4	1,037	4	1	0	1	1,122	58
East Dunbartonshire	24	2	1	801	2	0	0	0	830	50
East Lothian	5	0	0	1,024	1	0	0	3	1,033	69
East Renfrewshire	57	21	4	534	4	0	0	0	620	46
Edinburgh, City of	67	34	14	4,701	7	0	0	0	4,823	71
Eilean Siar	0	0	1	711	0	0	0	0	712	139
Falkirk	123	24	12	1,756	20	0	0	41	1,976	92
Fife	37	33	12	4,397	3	4	1	779	5,266	95
Glasgow City	510	216	28	6,631	52	10	10	196	7,653	86
Highland	190	33	12	2,038	31	15	0	15	2,334	70
Inverclyde	59	27	13	835	5	0	2	25	966	71
Midlothian	30	13	2	966	1	0	0	0	1,012	89
Moray	49	15	5	835	5	0	0	2	911	66
North Ayrshire	140	50	12	969	24	38	1	32	1,266	59
North Lanarkshire	94	38	15	1,797	5	4	5	277	2,235	49
Orkney Islands	27	37	2	203	7	59	0	0	335	105
Perth & Kinross	48	6	0	1,182	1	0	0	1	1,238	50
Renfrewshire	100	20	10	950	2	1	0	961	2,044	79
Scottish Borders	0	1	2	1,219	0	1	0	30	1,253	62
Shetland Islands	9	0	7	458	0	90	3	0	567	188
South Ayrshire	211	14	2	723	14	0	0	12	976	47
South Lanarkshire	67	33	17	1,112	8	0	1	764	2,002	46
Stirling	52	11	6	637	5	0	0	0	711	55
West Dunbartonshire	106	0	0	1,138	0	0	0	0	1,244	88
West Lothian	93	50	4	449	9	1	0	690	1,296	76
Scotland	2,694	988	276	43,887	262	231	23	7,020	55,381	70

Includes frailty due to old age.

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - H1 Return

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