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Table 3 Destination after discharge from care homes for completed care home stays (data are % of stays)

From: Estimating length of stay in publicly-funded residential and nursing care homes: a retrospective analysis using linked administrative data sets

 

Community-based social care within 30 days

Death within 30 days

Other

Temporary residential care

   

  All sites (n=1314)

42.5

6.0

51.4

  Coastal town (n=378)

42.3

11.1

46.6

  Rural county (n=805)

43.0

3.0

54.0

  London suburb (n=131)

40.5

9.9

49.6

Permanent residential care

   

  All sites (n=781)

4.4

50.3

45.3

  Coastal town (n=138)

6.5

63.0

30.4

  Rural county (n=553)

2.7

49.0

48.3

  London suburb (n=90)

11.1

38.9

50.0

Nursing care

   

  All sites (n=660)

12.0

54.8

33.2

  Coastal town (n=79)

13.9

50.6

35.4

  Rural county (n=468)

12.6

53.0

34.4

  London suburb (n=113)

8.0

65.5

26.5