Home Care Services, Scotland, 2012

3. Additional Services

Meals services

From 2010, information was collected on every person who receives/uses a Meals Services (provided or purchased by the local authority) during census week.

Information was collected separately on the number of clients receiving a Hot Meals Service and the number of clients receiving a Frozen Meals Service during the census week. Eilean Siar and East Renfrewshire do not offer a Meals Service.

Table 11: All clients who are receiving a Meals Services, 2012

Source: Home Care Statistical Return
Note 31 clients receive both hot and frozen meals

As at March 2012, there were 9,652 clients receiving a Meal Service which was provided or purchased by the local authority. 13 per cent of these people were aged between 65 years and 74 years, 35 per cent were aged between 75 years and 84 years, and finally, 45 per cent were aged 85 years and over.

Community Alarm/Telecare services

Information was collected on every person who receives/uses a Community Alarm and/or another Telecare Service (provided or purchased by the local authority) during census week. Further detailed Community Alarm and Telecare tables are available in the annex.

Table 12: All clients who are receiving a Community Alarm/Telecare Service, 2012

Source: Home Care Statistical Return

As at the census week in March 2012, there were 110,088 people who had a Community Alarm and/or another Telecare Service. 82% of these people had a Community Alarm only.