Table 1 Characteristics of people admitted to temporary and permanent residential care homes (data are percentages unless otherwise stated; SD = standard deviation) (N=2,576)
Temp. | Temp. | Temp. | Temp. | Perm. | Perm. | Perm. | Perm. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coastal town (n=380) | Rural county (n=820) | London suburb (n=131) | All sites (n=1,331) | Coastal town (n=198) | Rural county (n=880) | London suburb (n=167) | All sites (n=1,245) | |
Mean age in years (SD) | 85.1 (7.5) | 84.1 (6.9) | 83.5 (20.3) | 84.3 (7.2) | 85.9 (7.9) | 86.4 (17.7) | 83.1 (7.6) | 85.8 (7.2) |
65-79 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 31.3 | 22.8 | 21.7 | 13.6 | 34.7 | 17.8 |
80-84 | 23.2 | 28.8 | 20.6 | 26.4 | 13.1 | 23.8 | 20.4 | 21.6 |
85-89 | 26.3 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 28.8 | 27.8 | 24.6 | 27.6 |
90+ | 30.0 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 25.3 | 36.4 | 34.8 | 20.4 | 33.1 |
Female | 66.1 | 75.4 | 66.4 | 71.8 | 66.2 | 74.3 | 70.1 | 72.4 |
Mean deprivation (IMD 2004) score (SD)* | 26.0 (3.5) | 16.8 (4.0) | 20.3 (7.5) | 19.8 (5.9) | 26.1 (3.5) | 17.7 (4.2) | 20.0 (7.9) | 19.3 (5.7) |
1st quartile | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
2nd quartile | 1.6 | 54.1 | 32.8 | 37.0 | 1.5 | 48.1 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
3rd quartile | 84.2 | 45.2 | 51.9 | 57.0 | 80.3 | 51.1 | 43.1 | 54.7 |
4th quartile | 14.2 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 18.2 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 5.2 |
Service use in 3 months before admission | ||||||||
Day care | 12.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 14.6 |
Domiciliary care | 24.7 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 39.4 | 40.9 | 18.0 | 37.6 |
Other social care | 12.1 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 24.7 | 20.5 | 28.7 | 22.2 |
Emergency admission | 22.1 | 62.9 | 31.3 | 48.2 | 37.4 | 47.0 | 43.7 | 45.1 |
Elective admission | 6.1 | 18.8 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 6.1 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 10.8 |
Outpatient attendance | 26.1 | 44.1 | 32.1 | 37.8 | 24.2 | 27.8 | 34.1 | 28.1 |