Care

• In England, 340,600 people received home care services in 2008.
• In the UK , 457,383 people received home care services in 2008.
• Between 2000 and 2008, the number of households in England receiving home care services has decreased by 18 per cent.
• In England , only 59,148 households were receiving low level care in 2008 - two hours or less per week.
• 2,450,000 older people in England have care needs.
• 80 per cent of people in need of home care do not get it from the state.
• According to CSCI, 1.5 million people in England have care and support needs that the state does not meet.
• About 410,000 older people in the UK have an unmet need for help with practical household jobs.
• 27,000 older people in England are receiving direct payments.

• In 2008, there were estimated to be about 394,000 older people out a total of 418,000 people in residential care.
• The UK average annual fee for a single room in a private residential home is £24,492. For a nursing home, it is £35,100.
• On average, weekly fees for residential care in England are £60 higher than the standard council payment.

• There are between five and six million unpaid carers looking after a relative or friend.
• Nearly a quarter of all carers (24 per cent) aged 75 plus provide 50 hours or more of informal care.
• 2.8m people aged 50 and over provide unpaid care and 5 per cent of people aged 85 plus provide unpaid care.
• Carers are currently saving the UK economy an estimated £87 billion a year.