§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the (a) mean and (b) median rate per 1,000 people aged 65 years and over in England of households receiving (i) intensive home care and (ii) community-based care for each of the last two years. [108346]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 3 February 2000]: The information available is in the table. The community based services which have been included are home help/care services, meals services and day centres. Information is only available on number of households for home help/care services.
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Rates of "intensive1" home care and other "community-based2" care for England Rates per 1,000 people aged 65 and over 1997 1998 Mean rate Median of rates Mean rate Median of rates Households receiving "intensive" home help/care 15.4 15.6 17.6 19.1 All households receiving home help/care 61.5 58.3 57.0 55.5 People receiving meals at home, aged 65+ 22.8 23.6 20.6 20.5 Attendances/attendees at day centres3 of those aged 65+ 21.3 19.6 14.9 14.6 1 Intensive home help/home care is defined as households receiving six or more visits and total contact of five or more hours in a week. 2 Community based services has been defined as those receiving home help/care, meals in their own homes and those attending day centres. 3 In 1997, the number of attendances at day centres was collected. In 1998, there was a change in definition to collect attendees at day centres. Therefore figures for 1998 are not directly comparable with earlier years. Note:
Survey week, September