with a Personal Assistant finding organisation set up by a number of neighbouring Boroughs, developing our own local Personal Assistant finding system, or commissioning from another source. The preferred option will be determined by the end of 2012, and new arrangements put in place during the second half of 2013. Older People’s Residential Care are 6 homes providing 335 beds for elderly care or elderly care with nursing. Most homes cater for a mix of needs, for example nursing and nursing dementia. In Tower Hamlets this equates to 18 residential or nursing care beds per 1000 people aged 65 and over. Eligible residents requiring residential care are able to choose in which care home they wish to live. During the 2011-12 financial year, 36%of residents chose an placement to be close to their families living outside Tower Hamlets. 11: Percentage of older people choosing care homes outside the borough 2011 - 2012 Overall number of Percentage of placements placements Residential: Total 60 47% placements for year Residential dementia: 84 30% Total placements for year Nursing: Total placements 98 33% for year Nursing dementia: 38 37% placements for year Overall average 36% Table 12: Number of people per 100,000 population receiving residential care, nursing care and community based services 2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 Comparator England Average 2009-10 2009-10 Residential 2,003 1,891 1,844 1,396 1,452 Care Nursing 1,046 1,091 996 969 611 Care Community 11,077 11,645 11,904 9,040 7,263 Based Services Table 13: Number of permanent admissions to registered accommodation per 100,000 population split between residential and nursing care as at 31 March 2010 Year Residential Care Nursing Care All Hamlets 2007-8 440 279 719
with a Personal Assistant finding organisation set up by a number of neighbouring Boroughs, developing our own local Personal Assistant finding system, or commissioning from another source. The preferred option will be determined by the end of 2012, and new arrangements put in place during the second half of 2013. Older People’s Residential Care are 6 homes providing 335 beds for elderly care or elderly care with nursing. Most homes cater for a mix of needs, for example nursing and nursing dementia. In Tower Hamlets this equates to 18 residential or nursing care beds per 1000 people aged 65 and over. Eligible residents requiring residential care are able to choose in which care home they wish to live. During the 2011-12 financial year, 36%of residents chose an placement to be close to their families living outside Tower Hamlets. 11: Percentage of older people choosing care homes outside the borough 2011 - 2012 Overall number of placements Percentage of placements Residential: Total placements for year 60 47% Residential dementia: Total placements for year 84 30% Nursing: Total placements for year 98 33% Nursing dementia: placements for year 38 37% Overall average 36% Table 12: Number of people per 100,000 population receiving residential care, nursing care and community based services 2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 Comparator Average 2009-10 England 2009-10 Residential Care 2,003 1,891 1,844 1,396 1,452 Nursing Care 1,046 1,091 996 969 611 Community Based Services 11,077 11,645 11,904 9,040 7,263 Table 13: Number of permanent admissions to registered accommodation per 100,000 population split between residential and nursing care as at 31 March 2010 Year Residential Care Nursing Care All Hamlets 2007-8 440 279 719