§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 12 March 2002,Official Report, column 1022W, on home care, how many households, in each of the last five years for which figures are available received (a) up to five contact hours, (b) five to 10 contact hours and (c) more than 10 contact hours of intensive home care during a survey 931W week (i) per thousand head of population aged 65 or over and (ii) per total number of people aged 65 or over. [44673]
Households receiving home help/home care by contact hours Rates per 1,000 households and 1,000 population aged 65 or over Percentage of households receiving Up to 5 hours 69 65 62 59 58 5 to 10 hours 30 20 21 25 23 More than 10 hours — 15 17 19 19 Number of households receiving intensive home care1 — 61,200 67,000 72,100 76,400 Rate per 1,000 households 65+ — 12 13 14 15 Rate per 1,000 population 65+ (C28) — 7.8 8.8 9.2 — 1 From 1998 intensive home care/home help is defined as six or more visits with more than 10 contact hours, prior to this the criterion was six or more visits with five or more contact hours — Not available Source:
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