| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
The changing role of care homes
— with a historical perspective by Eric Midwinter | | Author(s) | Nat Lievesley, Gillian Crosby, Clive Bowman |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Bupa |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, January 2011 |
| Pages | 45 pp |
| Source | http://www.cpa.org.uk/information/reviews/changing... |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | Bupa commissioned the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) to conduct this research. Eric Midwinter prefaces this report with an overview of recent trends in the development of residential and nursing home care in the UK. Analysis of results from the 2009 Bupa census of residents in its care homes in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Spain indicates that: nearly three-quarters of residents in Bupa care homes in the UK are receiving 'nursing care'; but there is considerable overlap between the profiles of residents receiving 'nursing' and 'residential' care. Residents aged 65+ account for 93% of the Bupa care home population in New Zealand, 94% in the UK, 95% in Australia and 97% in Spain. 90% of Bupa care home residents in the UK have 'high support needs', just under 70% experience some form of incontinence, and nearly one half (47.6%) have severe mobility problems. Three quarters of Bupa UK care home residents experience some form of neurological or mental disorder. A trend is observed of a declining length of stay, likely to be less than one year by 2015, and an increasing proportion of people with dementia, just under 44% in 2009. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130111003 E |
| Classmark | KX: KW: LHB: 6C |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|