Care not at home statistics
Residential and nursing care packages
A care package is the form of care recommended through care management. The term care management is used to describe the whole concept which embraces the key functions of assessing need; care-planning; and managing, co-ordinating and reviewing services. Health and social care (HSC) trusts carry out care management assessments to identify a person’s needs and determine the best form of care to meet those needs, that is a care package.
Statistical information is collected on two types of care package i.e. residential care and nursing home care.
Residential and nursing care homes
Residential care refers to care which takes place in residential homes. They are staffed 24 hours a day, providing board and general personal care to the residents. Such premises are provided for those who require ongoing care and supervision in the circumstances where nursing care would normally be inappropriate.
Nursing home care refers to care which takes place in nursing care homes. They are residential facilities providing nursing care 24 hours per day. Dual registered homes are nursing homes which are also registered to provide residential care and have a number of places / beds available for residential care.
Adult day care
Day care facilities consist of adult training centres / social education centres, workshops and day centres. These centres provide a variety of services and facilities such as social and occupational training, industrial therapy and contract work, meals, hairdressing, chiropody and social and craft activities.
Day care services are designed to meet the assessed needs of individuals for care, support, supervision or rehabilitation by reason of mental illness, functional impairment, cognitive impairment, learning disability, ill-health, age, family, or life circumstances.
Day care services are crucial to the support of carers and assist people in maintaining their quality of life within their own community.
Contacts
Contact refers to persons or their carer(s) who have had any contact with a health and social care (HSC) trust.
This contact occurs when a client attends a clinic or a domiciliary visit is made to see the client. The result of any contact may lead to the client receiving a service, such as meals on wheels, a care package or registration at a day care facility.
Current publications
- Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2023/24
- Performance overview of programme for government: indicator 9
- Care packages in effect
Previous publications
Information sources
- Residential and nursing care packages return
- Residential and nursing care homes returns
- Adult day care returns
- Contacts returns
- Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)
- Quality report for statistics on community care for adults
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