National Care Service - people who access adult social care and unpaid carers: evidence

Footnotes

1 Insights In Social Care: Statistics for Scotland 2019/20 – 2020/21, Public Health Scotland

2 Henderson DAG, Atherton I, McCowan C, Mercer SW, Bailey N. (2021) Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland. Age and Ageing 50. 176-182.

3 National Records of Scotland (2022) Life Expectancy in Scotland, 2018-2020

4 The “Other” Client Group includes Drugs, Alcohol, Palliative Care, Carer, Neurological condition (excluding Dementia), Autism and Other Vulnerable Groups.

5 Scottish Government (2022) Free Personal and Nursing Care and Extension of Free Personal Care publications

6 Public Health Scotland (2021) Care home census for adults in Scotland, Statistics for 2011 to 2021

7 Public Health Scotland (2021) Care home census for adults in Scotland, Statistics for 2011 to 2021

8 The 2020 Care Home Census for Adults in Scotland was cancelled to avoid placing additional burden on care homes at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

9 Data was submitted by two-thirds of care homes. Numbers have been estimated for those homes which did not submit data.

10 The Main Client Group refers to the majority of residents in the care home. 'Other Groups' includes alcohol and drug misuse, blood borne virus (HIV/AIDS), and acquired brain injury.

11 Scottish Government (2022) Scotland’s Carers – Update Release

12 Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Health Survey

13 NHS Scotland About NHS Scotland, accessed 5^th May 2022

14 Scottish Social Services Council (2021) SSSC – Visualisations, accessed 5^th May 2022

15 Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Health Survey – telephone survey – August/September 2020: main report

16 Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's Carers

17 Scottish Government (2022) Scotland’s Carers – Update Release

18 Scottish Government (2020) Scottish Health Survey 2019: supplementary tables

19 Scottish Government (2022) Scottish Health and Care Experience Survey 2021/22: National Results

20 Scottish Government (2021) Carers Census, Scotland, 2019-20 and 2020-21

21 Scottish Government (2015) Scotland's Carers

22 Scottish Government (2022) Scotland’s Carers – Update Release

23 The Scottish Parliament (2022) SPICe Spotlight – timeline of Covid-19 in Scotland, accessed 5^th May 2022

24 Care Inspectorate (2020) Delivering care at home and housing support services during the COVID-19 pandemic

25 Additional information about social care during covid is available from the Scottish Human Rights Commission Impact Monitoring Report

26 Arc Scotland (2020) “We’re all in this together” The impact of Covid-19 on the future of social care in Scotland: a view from the workforce

27 Public Health Scotland (2021) Discharges from NHSScotland hospitals to care homes between 1 March and 31 May 2020

28 Scottish Government (2022) Covid-19 dashboard data, accessed 23^rd March 2020

29 Carers Week (2020) The rise in the number of unpaid carers during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak

30 Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Health Survey – telephone survey – August/September 2020: main report

31 Care Inspectorate (2020) Delivering care at home and housing support services during the COVID-19 pandemic

32 The Scottish Parliament (2020) How has Covid-19 impacted on care and support in Scotland?

33 Scottish Government (2021) Carers Census, Scotland, 2019-20 and 2020-21

34 National Records of Scotland (2022) Projected Population of Scotland (2020 based),

35 National Records of Scotland (2022) Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland, 2018-2020,

36 Henderson DAG, Atherton I, McCowan C, Mercer SW, Bailey N. (2021) Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland. Age and Ageing 2021; 50. 176-182.

37 Audit Scotland (2016) Changing models of health and social care, 2016

38 Source: Care Information Scotland website. Accessed May 2022.