AQW 40782/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of people over the age of 65 years who receive publicly funded care in their own homes.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 15 January 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 15 January 2015
- Answer due by
- 30 January 2015
- Answered
- 23 January 20158 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The information requested is not currently available. However, information on clients receiving an intensive domiciliary care service is available.
During a survey week in 2013 6,664 clients aged 65 and over were receiving an intensive domiciliary care service.
Source: Domiciliary Care Services for Adults in Northern Ireland (2013) http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/statistics/socialcare/domiciliary-care.htm
Domiciliary Care Services for Adults in Northern Ireland (2014) will be published on 12th February 2015 and will contain information on clients aged 65 and over who were receiving a domiciliary care service during the survey week in 2014.