Domiciliary Care Services for Adults in Northern Ireland (2020)
This report summarises information on adults receiving domiciliary care services from the statutory and independent sectors during a survey week in September.
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Domiciliary care is defined as the range of services put in place to support an individual in their own home. Services may involve routine household tasks within or outside the home, personal care of the client and other associated domestic services necessary to maintain an individual in an acceptable level of health, hygiene, dignity, safety and ease in their home.
This report summarises information collected from health and social care trusts on adults receiving domiciliary care services from the statutory and independent sectors during a survey week in September. It details information on the numbers of clients receiving domiciliary care, visits, contact hours and intensive domiciliary care provision.