AQW 16065/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 09/03/2021
Answered On Date: 24/03/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health (i) how many; and (ii) what share of care home residents have care partners, as of 1 March 2021.

Answer:

Up to and including 15th March 2021, 269 care homes across Northern Ireland reported they have implemented the care partner scheme with at least one care partner and that care partner arrangements were in place for 1771 individuals in their services.

It is important to note the data reported above is received through care homes self-reporting to RQIA. Additional work is being carried out to validate the data on care partner arrangements to ensure its accuracy.

Other homes may be either working towards implementing the scheme and are being supported to do so, or have not had any requests from family members/carers to do so.