Long-term support needs met by admission to residential and nursing care homes, per 100,00

Long-term support needs met by admission to residential and nursing care homes, per 100,000 population for younger adults. The dataset uses a new definition from 2015/16 and is presented as a year-to-date cumulative figure. It is provided by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in long-term care home admissions for younger adults based on the per capita rate.
• Benchmark regional or temporal variations in social care provision based on the cumulative year-to-date metric.
• Evaluate the impact of policy changes on care home utilization based on the new definition introduced in 2015/16.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the Government Digital Service, suggesting an official administrative source.
• The dataset uses a specific, defined metric: admissions per 100,000 population for younger adults.
• It employs a consistent definition from 2015/16, which may improve longitudinal comparability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of care home admissions.

Time Range

Data uses a definition from 2015/16; specific temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Geography is not specified but likely pertains to the United Kingdom, given the source.