Number and rate per 1,000 population of home care clients by age and gender.
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Data on social care provided or purchased by Local Authorities from the Social Care Survey (Home Care Census prior to 2013), for the week that includes 31 March of the given year. The data is supplied by all 32 Local Authorities in Scotland, who collect this information as part of their Social Care Management Information system and is submitted to Scottish Government via ProcXed.
Information is returned for every person who has had a Social Care assessment and receives or uses: During the Census Week (any week including 31 March 2015):
During the financial year 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015:
Ratio for clients aged 65+ is the percentage of home care clients that are aged 65 and over. Ratio for ‘older’ clients is the rate per 1,000 population of clients aged 65 and over.
Gender split only available for all clients (i.e. no split by age and gender).
Link to publication: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/Data/HomeCare
Data submitted to Scottish Government using the secure ProcXed system. Outputs rounded to nearest 10 (clients) (applies to current published data only - no rounding on the 2005-09 data currently on ODPP).
Data goes through a validation process when entered into ProcXed, and any unusual/unexpected values are checked with the Local Authority.
No restrictions on access to dataset.
Users of Home Care statistics:
Data for 2014/15 (for users of Home Care services at end of March 2015) published in November 2015.
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Collection | 2 |
Component specification | 10 |
Data set | 1 |
Data structure definition | 1 |
Observation | 1,485 |
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