Care services, 2010, preliminary figures

The number of nursing home beds increased by about 200. There was close to 175 000 recipients of home-based services in 2010. Due to both an increase in the man-years in the field of about two per cent, and a slight decrease in absence, there was some more time for each recipient.

More nursing home beds

The number of beds in homes for the elderly continues to decrease, and the number of beds in nursing homes is increasing. The increase in nursing home beds was larger than the decrease in beds in homes for the elderly, thus the total number of institution beds increased by about 200 to 41 300. The number of institution residents decreased by about two per cent, probably due to municipal registry clean-up.

Strong increase in the number of oldest recipients of home-based services

If we consider age groups, there is a small increase in recipients of home-based services below 67 years, whilst there are now fewer recipients in the age 67 to 89 years. However, for those older than 90 years, there has been a strong increase, of 8 per cent. These changes are to a large extent caused by demographic conditions.

More time for each recipient

The number of man-years in the nursing and care services was about 126 000 by end 2010; about two per cent up from 2009. Simultaneously, the absence (sick leave and maternity- eave) decreased from 11.6 per cent to 11.2 per cent. This, together with an unchanged number of recipients of home-based services and a decrease of institution residents, indicates slightly more time for each recipient in 2010 than in 2009. Direct time provided to recipients of home-based services increased from 7.5 to 7.7 hours.

Tables:

• Table 1 Institutions for the aged and disabled. 1996-2010
• Table 2 Residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled, by age. 1992-2010
• Table 3 Residents in dwellings for the aged and disabled. 1994-2010
• Table 4 Users of home-based services, by age. 1992-2010
• Table 5 Users of home based services, by kind of service. 1992-2010
• Table 6 Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service. 2007-2010
• Table 7 Average numbers of assigned hours per week for users of home help and home nursing. Age and need for assistance. 2010*
• Table 8 Recievers of respite care, personal support contact, recievers with next of kins receiving pay for caring work and user-controlled assistance. Age. 2002-2010
• Table 9 Man-years and absence within the nursing and care services. 1994-2010