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Care homes and estimating the self-funding population, England: 2022 to 2023
An estimation of the size of the self-funding population in care homes in England. Provides data covering the period 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023, broken down by geographic variables and care home characteristics.
Deaths of care home residents, England and Wales: 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- In England, there were 126,488 deaths of care home residents registered in 2022 (wherever the death occurred); this is a decrease of 0.5% compared with 2021 (127,171 deaths), and a decrease of 3.1% compared with the five-year average between 2016 and 2021 (130,520 deaths, excluding 2020).
- In Wales, there were 6,844 deaths of care home residents registered in 2022 (wherever the death occurred); this is an increase of 3.5% compared with 2021 (6,612 deaths), and a decrease of 1.9% compared with the five-year average between 2016 and 2021 (6,975 deaths, excluding 2020).
- England had a statistically significantly higher age-standardised mortality rate for male care home residents compared with Wales (11,823 and 9,397 deaths per 100,000 male care home residents, respectively); the difference between female care home residents in England and Wales was not statistically significant (9,692 and 9,389 deaths per 100,000 female care home residents, respectively).
Impact of coronavirus in care homes in England
First results from the Vivaldi study, a large scale survey which looked at coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 9,081 care homes providing care for dementia patients and the elderly in England.
Datasets related to Social care
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Care homes and estimating the self-funding population, England
An estimation of the size of the self-funding population in care homes in England, using an experimental method. Weighted annual data broken down by geographic variables and care home characteristics.
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Demand for adult social care across counties and unitary authorities in England
Data for all indicators, by county and unitary authorities in England. Rates per 100,000 of the population aged 18 years and over and per 100,000 of the population aged 65 years and over.
Publications related to Social care
Statistical bulletins
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Deaths of care home residents, England and Wales: 2022
Registered deaths of care home residents by underlying and leading cause of death. Deaths of residents by age, sex, and area of usual residence. Experimental Statistics.
Articles
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Population explorer: age, health and unpaid care
Explore the population of England and Wales by age, levels of health, and those providing unpaid care to others
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Life expectancy in care homes, England and Wales
The average number of years care home residents aged 65 years and over are expected to live beyond their current age in England and Wales. Classified as Experimental Statistics.
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Living longer
Examining the interplay between caring and working in later life in the UK.
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.