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Increasingly more young people receive home-based services
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2007-06-28T10:00:00.000Z
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pleie, Care services, elderly care, nursing homes, disabled, home nursing care, home help, home help services, IPLOS, retirement homes, institutions, care homes, nursing staff, discharge, support person, care benefit, UCPA (user controlled personal assistance)KOSTRA , Health services , Public sector, Health
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Increasingly more young people receive home-based services

Preliminary figures for 2006 for municipal health and care services show an increase from 2005 in the number of recipients of home-based services under 67 years, of 4 500 or 9 per cent. As a total, the increase of recipients of home-based services is about 4 per cent.

The total number of recipients of home-based services was 171 500, while the number of institution residents lays stable on 41 000. With a 5 per cent growth, the man-years growth within the nursing and care services is stronger than the growth of the recipients. Doctor certified sickness absence and maternity leave stayed unchanged with a total of 11 per cent out of man-years.

More recipients 85 years and above

At the same time, there is also a significant increase in the number of the oldest recipients of home-based services, 85 years and above. The number of recipients in the middle age group between 67 and 84 years shows a decrease. The changes for those 67 years and above are much more due to demographic conditions than the case is with those under 67 years. Particularly, the number of recipients of home nursing combined with home help is increasing, but also the number of those with only home nursing .

Residents under 50 - lower than ever

Although the total number of institution residents is stable, there was some increase in the number of residents between 50 and 67 years. The number of long-term residents under 50 years is 173 - lower than ever. One third of them live in special-adapted dwellings. The number of residents is about 500 fewer than the number of beds, which means there are vacant beds in some municipalities.

Also recipients of respite care and special support figures show a similar increase as in the home-based services. The number of respite care recipients outside institutions is about 9 000. Two thirds of these are children and juveniles. The number of recipients above 67 years decreases continuously. The number of special support recipients increased significantly to 25 000, and strongest among the oldest above 80 years.

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