Home Care Services, Scotland, 2012

Presents information on home care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland.


Annex, Table 2 - Number of Home Care Clients and Hours Provided/Purchased and rates per population, 2000-2012

  Year at 31 march
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. of Clients (All ages) 70,210 65,533 64,546 67,266 69,986 71,094 70,657 70,710 68,759 68,331 66,224 63,460 62,832
Client Hours 393,071 394,567 452,758 501,030 543,383 584,160 604,081 645,041 651,014 645,727 666,434 683,862 712,894
Hours per Client 5.6 6.0 7.0 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.5 9.1 9.5 9.4 10.1 10.8 11.3
                           
Clients aged under 65 10,993 10,152 10,910 11,520 12,224 13,211 13,470 14,009 13,421 13,613 12,550 11,722 11,713
Clients aged over 65 59,217 55,381 53,636 55,746 57,762 57,883 57,187 56,701 55,338 54,718 53,661 51,731 51,118
                           
Population (All ages) 5,062,940 5,064,200 5,054,800 5,057,400 5,078,400 5,094,800 5,116,900 5,144,200 5,168,500 5,194,000 5,222,100 5,254,800 5,254,800
Population (Under 65) 4,263,455 4,257,019 4,241,921 4,238,337 4,251,846 4,261,706 4,278,932 4,298,587 4,311,957 4,325,488 4,342,608 4,362,413 4,362,413
Population (Over 65) 799,485 807,181 812,879 819,063 826,554 833,094 837,968 845,613 856,543 868,512 879,492 892,387 892,387
                           
Rate per 1,000 population (All ages) 13.9 12.9 12.8 13.3 13.8 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.3 13.2 12.7 12.1 12.0
Rate per 1,000 population (Under 65) 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7
Rate per 1,000 population (Over 65) 74.1 68.6 66.0 68.1 69.9 69.5 68.2 67.1 64.6 63.0 61.0 58.0 57.3

Source: Home Care Statistical Return
*Note: 2011 Mid Year Population Estimates used as 2012 Mid Year Population Estimates are not yet available

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