Older Adults Care Expenditure - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Older Adults Care Expenditure
FOI Number
202402
Date Received
03/01/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services for financial year 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 (actual) and financial year 2023/24 (projected):For question 2a, please provide total spend on personal social services for people aged 65+. This will include spend on residential, nursing, and domiciliary care (2b, 2c, and 2d) as well as other social care for older people such as day services, etca. Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services
b. Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
c. Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
d. Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)
3. Please provide figures for the total number of older people (age 65+) that the council has placed in the financial year 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 (projected) and funded in:
a. Residential care
b. Residential dementia care
c. Nursing care
d. Nursing dementia care
e. Domiciliary care/home care
Response
Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services
Above is based on Scottish Borders Council Budget classification of Older People and may not just related to 65+.
Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
This includes Quality Award/Enhanced Residential/Additional Support but excludes Free Personal Care.
Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
This includes Quality Award/Enhanced Residential/Additional Support but excludes Free Personal and Nursing Care.
Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)
Unfortunately we are unable to split residential/nursing into dementia/non dementia care so the figures are a total for those care types. The figures are for people receiving a service at any point in the financial year.
Year / Quarter Nursing (24hr Care) Residential (24 hr Care) Homecare
