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Long term care: Some facts and figures
Number of people in care
- 1.2 million.
- Most are elderly but some are younger with physical and /or mental difficulties.
By age
- One in five of those over 85 live in a care home or long stay hospital.
- Just under one in ten of those aged 64 to 75 do.
Self payment of long term care
- One in three people in care pays for the care.
Number of care home places
- 486,000.
- Numbers are reducing.
- Numbers will continue to reduce.
- Stricter regulations means older and smaller homes are closing.
- Many local authorities are closing homes.
- More people are being cared for in their own home.
Cost of long term care
- Weekly cost of private nursing home : £455
- Weekly cost of private residential home : £329
- Costs rise every year above inflation.
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