Social Services: Older People

(asked on 12th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people over the age of 70 live in a care setting.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 3rd June 2020

The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, formerly the Personal Social Services Research Unit, provide long term demand projections for adult social care, based on current service use and trends in disability rates. They estimate that in 2020 there are 330,000 care home residents aged 65 and over in care homes in England. These estimates are not broken down any further by age.

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