Growth and development.pdf

2. Performance: Community CareBalance of care (aged 65+)Older people in residential care homes 517 12 4 735 17 2Older people in private nursing homes 1,411 33 1 1,482 34 1Older people receiving home care 2,355 54 4 2,181 50 4Older people in special needs housing 6,605 152.7 1 7,151 164.8 1People receiving a communitycare service1999actual1999-2000actual1999per 1,0001999-2000per 1,000QuartileQuartile2000actual2000-2001actual2000per 1,0002000-2001per 1,000QuartileQuartileOlder people (aged 65+) 10,126 233.4 2 9,889 228 3For mental health problems/dementia 133 0.7 4 1,009 5.2 2(aged 18-64)For physical disabilities (aged 18-64) 2,788 14.4 2 2,589 13.3 2For learning disabilities (aged 18-64) 285 1.5 4 329 1.7 4For drug/alcohol abuse problems 550 2.8 1 478 2.5 2(aged 18-64)A high rate of older people is in nursing home care, after a significant increase in numbersbetween 1999 and 2000. The number of older people living in residential homes also increased,but the rate remains relatively low. There is a high provision of special needs housing. A lowrate of older people receives a home care service, but the rate of those receiving an intensiveservice (more than 10 hours per week) has increased from 1999. During the last year theCouncil has undertaken a substantial recruitment campaign in which approximately 80 newHome Carers have been recruited.The Council has a major capital investment programme (£12m in 2002-2003 and £4m in 2003-2004) focused on providing attractive and high quality facilities. It includes:• older people’s day centres which allow flexible use and opening times;• residential care homes embracing a broad range of needs and allowing older people to remainfor their lifetime;• an integrated adult services facility that can be used by people with dual-sensory impairmentand/or multiple disabilities which affords access to personal care, privacy and IT facilities;• a re-provisioning strategy for children’s units as part of the integrated strategy to improvethe support for children looked after in our care; and• a re-provisioning strategy for adult units to support people within the community andpromote social inclusion, flexibility, integration and choice.Considerable developments in home support are in progress:• home care workers being trained in personal and extended personal care tasks and placedon flexible rotas across the whole area;• investment in pre-prepared meals pilot;• development of shopping services;• an intensive home care pilot in Rutherglen/Cambuslang;• an integrated care project in Clydesdale – Joint Health and Social Work project;• the formation of night care teams in each area;242