BAME elderly receiving care and support

Dyddiad y datganiad:
21 December 2021

​FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3266

You asked

I am seeking some specific information regarding the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) elderly persons using [social] care and support services.

Please supply the following information:

  1. What are the overall numbers of BAME elderly receiving care and support?
  2. What proportion of the BAME elderly receiving care and support identify as being (a) Jamaican; or (b) otherwise from the Caribbean?
  3. What proportion of those BAME elderly that identify as (a) Jamaican; or (b) otherwise from the Caribbean, receiving care and support has needed to sell their homes/property to finance their care in compliance with the terms of The Care Act 2014?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry request care statistics by ethnicity.

The only data we hold is based on Census 2011. Using the NOMIS webservice, you can select the establishment type as multiple care homes and the position in Establishment as resident and they can include self-reported ethnic group and sex.

Please use the following table: DC4211EWla - Communal establishment management and type by ethnic group by sex.

We do not hold data regarding the financing of social care through the sale of property or other means by ethnicity.

The Care Quality Commission may be better placed to answer your enquiry. They can be contacted on: Telephone: 03000 616161 or by email at enquiries@cqc.org.uk

For Welsh data, Care Inspectorate Wales are better placed to assist. They can be contact by telephone: 0300 7900 126 or by email CIW@gov.wales.

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