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Number of clients aged 65+ accessing community care during the year and in receipt of direct payments (11349) Metric type
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- This captures the clients aged 65 or over accessing long term community care and in receipt of direct payments.
Long Term support encompasses any service or support which is provided with the intention of maintaining quality of life for an individual on an ongoing basis. It will be allocated on the basis of national eligibility criteria following an assessment of need and be subject to regular review. This category is further broken down by the primary setting in which an individual receives services: Community will apply to those who live independently (including those in small group homes, sheltered housing or warden supported accommodation) who receive home or community based services.
Direct payments are monetary payments made by Local authorities directly to adult clients aged 18 and over and carers (aged 16 and over) of adults, who have been assessed as needing certain services, in lieu of social service provisions. A direct payment has the following key features: An individual (or a suitable person acting on behalf of the individual) receives and manages money from the local authority, provided in lieu of social care services. Arrangements are made by the individual to achieve their agreed outcomes.
Importantly, the person to whom the direct payment is made must have control over how services are delivered. Vouchers or similar credits are not direct payments.
Any comparison using this data from 2020/21 and 2021/22 must take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both activity numbers and spending. The differing scale of cases around the country, when the impacts occurred, and financial support provided will also affect any comparison between authorities. This makes any form of comparative analysis much more complicated and potentially misleading.
- Modified
- 19 Oct 2023
- Data last updated
- 19 Oct 2023
- Short label
- Clients accessing community care during the year aged 65+ and in receipt of direct payments
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Clients
- Dataset
- Reference tables: Number of clients accessing long term support during the year, by age band and support setting
- Source
- NHS Digital
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