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Institutional Care and Housing Services in Social Care
2009
In the past decade, the total number of clients in institutional
care and housing services for older people has increased by about
29 per cent. However, in relative terms the proportion of older
peo-ple receiving such services has remained largely unchanged. For
instance, the percentage of peo-ple aged 75 and over who receive
institutional care or housing services for older people has stood
at 10 per cent of the corresponding age group throughout the
2000s.
In addition to institutional care and housing services within
the social welfare services, this overview of institutional care
for older people and services replacing institutional care also
takes into account clients in long-term care and regular home care
in the health care services. At the end of 2009, a total of 100 235
persons aged 75 and over received such services, corresponding to
23.5 per cent of the country's total population of the same
age.
The structure of institutional care or housing services for
older people has changed during the past decade. The number and
percentage of people who receive sheltered housing with 24-hour
assis-tance has increased consistently. Meanwhile, client numbers
in residential homes for older people and ordinary sheltered
housing have declined.
At the end of 2009, residential homes for older people and
sheltered housing units with 24-hour assistance had a total of some
42 802 clients, which was 4.1 per cent more than in the previous
year. The average age of clients was 83. Women accounted for 72.5
per cent of clients in residen-tial homes for older people and
sheltered housing units with 24-hour assistance.
There has also been an increase in client numbers in housing
services for people with intellectual disabilities and in
psychiatric housing services, and a slight increase in housing
services for the under-65s. At the end of 2009, clients in
psychiatric housing services totalled over 7100 and clients in
housing services for people with intellectual disabilities some
8500.
Figure 1. Institutional care and housing services in social
care for older people, clients on 31 Dec, 2000-2009
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Source of information:
Sosiaalihuollon laitos- ja asumispalvelut 2009
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Institutionsvård och boendeservice inom socialvården 2009 -
Institutional Care and Housing Services in Social Care 2009
Statistical Report 25/2010. 27th October 2010
Official Statistics of Finland, Social Protection 2010. National
Institute for Health and Welfare.
Further information:
Riikka Väyrynen tel. +358 20 610 7670 and
Raija Kuronen tel. +358 20 610 7477
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Published 18.3.2006, Updated
23.1.2012
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