AQW 40782/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 15/01/2015
Answered On Date: 23/01/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.