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32 An increase in the proportion of older people being helped to live independently (England):
- a) receiving intensive home care; and
- b) receiving any community-based service.
a) Receiving intensive home care.
Baseline and trends: Baseline year –1998/99. The number of households receiving intensive home care per 1,000 aged 65 and over has increased steadily since the baseline –12.2 per 1,000 in 2005/06, up from 7.8 per 1,000 in 1998/99.
Number of households per 1,000 population aged 65 and over |
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| Baseline | 1998/99 | 7.8 | |
| 1999/2000 | 8.9 | ||
| 2000/01 | 9.3 | ||
| 2001/02 | 9.9 | ||
| 2002/03 | 10.3 | ||
| 2003/04 | 11.0 | ||
| 2004/05 | 11.5 | ||
| 2005/06 | 12.2 | ||
Definition: The number of households receiving more than ten hours of contact and six or more visits during the survey week per 1,000 head of population aged 65 or over.
Data Source: Social Services Performance Assessment Framework Indicators 2004/05 (indicator AO/C28).
b) Receiving any community-based service.
Baseline and trends: Baseline year –1998/99. The number of people aged 65 and over receiving any community-based service was 81 per 1,000 in 2005/06, slightly higher than the 2004/05 value of 80 per 1,000. Data for 2004/05 are not comparable with data for previous years. Previous data showed the number of people receiving any community-based service per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over was 83 per 1,000 in 2003/04, slightly higher than the baseline of 82 per 1,000 in 1998/99. However, data for years prior to 2004/05 need to be interpreted with caution.
People per 1,000 population aged 65 and over |
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| Old basis | New basis | ||
1996/97 |
83 |
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1997/98 |
81 |
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Baseline |
1998/99 |
71 |
82 |
| 1999/2000 | 86 | ||
| 2000/01 | 84 | ||
| 2001/02 | 84 | ||
| 2002/03 | 84 | ||
| 2003/04 | 83 | ||
| 2004/05 | 80 | ||
| 2005/06 | 81 | ||
| Note: Data for 2004/05 are not comparable to data for previous years. In 2004/05 restated guidance was issued to exclude people receiving services from grant-funded organisations who had not had a community care assessment. Data for 1998/99 and 1999/2000 on the new basis are estimates. | |||
Definition: The number of people receiving any community-based service per 1,000 head of population aged 65 and over. There was a change in definitions in 1998/99. The new basis covers a wider variety of services to be counted as helping people to live at home. Additionally, measurement has changed slightly to include people who are registered, whereas previously it included only those actually in receipt of such services during a sample week.
Data for 2004/05 onwards are not comparable to data for previous years. In 2004/05 restated guidance was issued to exclude people receiving services from grant-funded organisations who had not had a community care assessment. Some councils will have reported lower values as a result. Data for years prior to 2004/05 need to be interpreted with caution as there is evidence that the indicator definition was interpreted differently by councils supplying the data. For further information, see Social Services Performance Assessment Framework Indicators 2005/06.
Data source: Social Services Performance Assessment Framework Indicator 2005/06 (indicator AO/C32).
Further information
Data for the indicator and further details of the social services performance assessment framework data can be found on the Commission for Social Care website at: www.csci.org.uk/care_provider/councils/paf/paf_reports_and_data.aspx
Further data on community care including home help and home care can be found on the Department of Health website at: www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/StatisticalSocialCare/StatisticalSocialCareArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4086767&chk=4eMvuk
and http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/social-care/older-people
Further guidance on housing, health and social care for older people can be found at:
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/OlderPeoplesServices/OlderPeopleArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4015734&chk=213ZXM