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The last refuge: a survey of residential institutions and homes for the aged in England and Wales
- Author:
- TOWNSEND Peter
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1962
- Pagination:
- 567p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Length of stay in care homes
- Authors:
- FORDER Julien, FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Care home placements constitute the majority (57%) of net council spending in England on social care for older people. Information about the expected length of stay for people admitted to a care home is important for predicting lifetime costs. This study investigates the length of stay of care home residents by drawing on information about all 11,565 residents that died in Bupa care homes in the period Nov 2008 to May 2010. Residents of the 305 Bupa homes are largely representative of the England average in relation to age, sex and funding source, but Bupa has more people in nursing beds with a higher level of frailty. In the Bupa sample, the average length of stay was 801 days, but with a considerable tail of long-stayers. Half of residents had died by 462 days. Around 27% of people lived for more than 3 years, with the longest stayer living for over 20 years. People had a 55% chance of living for the first year after admission, which increased to nearly 70% for the second year before falling back over subsequent years. Adjusted results estimated to more closely reflect the situation in England are provided. The length of stay information is combined with information about the weekly costs of a care home placement to calculate expected costs of care for people newly admitted to care homes. At £550 per week (before inflation), an 832-day expected stay would cost £65,400.
Residential care homes, Scotland 1999
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Scottish Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 7p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Residents aged under 65 in old people's homes in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- ORR Margaret, HERRON Stanley
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 39p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Trends in dependency in Scottish local authority old people's homes
- Authors:
- BLAND R., BLAND R.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 4(1/2), 1986, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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The quality of care services purchased by councils: 2010: technical report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Councils spend nearly £8 billion each year on residential care and home care, which is over 70% of all their expenditure on adult care services. In November 2009, all 152 councils in England provided the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with data on the number of their residents for whom they purchased care in care homes in the period April to September 2009. This report links the data supplied to data on quality ratings for each care home. In addition, the councils reported to CQC in November 2009 on 317,000 adults for whom they had arranged home care with registered agencies in a week in the 6 months to 30 September 2009. The report provides a detailed analysis of the findings of these council returns. The data shows some variation in the quality of services purchased by councils. Councils purchased care for 230,000 adults in care homes. Eighty-six percent of these adults were living in care homes rated good or excellent. The percentage was lower (82%) for those in homes offering nursing care for older people. Ninety-three percent of adults whose home care was arranged or purchased by their council received a service from a home care agency rated good or excellent. Comparisons of the quality of care arranged by councils between September 2008 and September 2009 show that the percentage of people receiving care from services rated good or excellent has improved for both care homes and home care.
Care of elderly people: UK market survey 2009
- Author:
- LAING AND BUISSON
- Publisher:
- Laing and Buisson
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 214p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 22nd ed.
The market report presents a fully revised and updated analysis of trends in the long term care sector in the UK. The contents of the report is organised in the following sections: the impact of demographic change; market size and trends; government policy and regulation; the structure of the care home industry; demand and supply; customer profiles, services and amenities; sources of finance and fees, costs and profits. Statistical tables and charts are included throughout.
Care of elderly people: UK market survey 2008
- Author:
- LAING AND BUISSON
- Publisher:
- Laing and Buisson
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 21st ed.
This new and fully updated edition of Laing and Buisson’s unrivalled market report presents a fully revised and updated analysis of trends in this £20 billion sector of the UK service economy, much of it derived from Laing and Buisson’s own (2008) surveys, unavailable elsewhere. Key issues, facts and figures are highlighted in the report.
Vacancy monitoring in residential care homes and nursing homes: Scotland 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The purpose of this statistical release is to present information on occupancy rates and admissions and vacancies in residential care homes and nursing homes in Scotland. It contains provisional information only.
Eighty-five not out: a study of people aged 85 and over at home
- Authors:
- TINKER Anthea, et al
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 144p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
There are now over a million people in Britain aged 85 and over, and this number is rising every year. The majority of these live in some sort of communal establishment or institution and this study looks at the difference between the lifestyles of these people and those who still live at home. The study also looks at the types of housing, housing facilities and support services of very old people who still live at home. The research combines quantitative, qualitative and policy analysis and incorporates data from the 1991 census, the family Resources Survey and a Department of the Environment national survey, along with specially conducted interviews with 42 very old people and 18 carers.