- Title or Description
- Care home services
- FOI Number
- 2024347
- Date Received
- 21/03/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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1. How many care homes does Scottish Borders Council a) own and b) operate? 2. How many residents are in your care?
3. Of those, how many are privately funded?
4. Referring to question 2, how many residents receive a) residential care and b) nursing care?
5. What is your current weekly charge for privately funded residents? Please specify per home (unless standard across your network) and outline the charge for a) residential and b) nursing care.
6. What is the proposed rate from 1 April 2024. Again, please specify per home (unless standard across your network) and outline the charge for a) residential and b) nursing care.
7. What are the actual weekly costs incurred by Scottish Borders Council per resident, for each care home identified in question 1. Please include a detailed breakdown of costs, including but not limited to: * permanent staffing * agency staff * food * energy * central administration costs * building, property and land maintenance costs 8. Please specify the amount paid by Scottish Borders Council to independent and voluntary sector care providers for providing a) residential care and b) nursing care. - Response
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1. How many care homes does Scottish Borders Council a) own and b) operate? SBC operate 6 care homes (1 of which is an intermediate care service) and own 5.
2. How many residents are in your care? 163
3. Of those, how many are privately funded? All residents in Scottish Borders Council care homes are subject to financial assessment under the Council Charing Policy and charges applied based on their individual circumstances and means.
4. Referring to question 2, how many residents receive a) residential care and b) nursing care? Scottish Borders Council care homes provide residential care only.
5. What is your current weekly charge for privately funded residents? Please specify per home (unless standard across your network) and outline the charge for a) residential and b) nursing care. All clients are financially assessed and if they have capital above the maximum threshold then they pay the full charge 805.38. Further information on fees and charges is available here
6. What is the proposed rate from 1 April 2024. Again, please specify per home (unless standard across your network) and outline the charge for a) residential and b) nursing care. SBC Care Home Rate for 2023/24 is 572.28 after receiving Free Personal Care allowance of 233.10.
7. What are the actual weekly costs incurred by Scottish Borders Council per resident, for each care home identified in question 1. Please include a detailed breakdown of costs, including but not limited to: * permanent staffing * agency staff * food * energy * central administration costs * building, property and land maintenance costs Sum of Amount Account type Cost Centre(T) Agency Employees Overtime Premises-Related Expenditure Supplies and Services Third Party Payments Transport-Related Expenditure Grand Total Deanfield Care Home 64,757.26 1,311,212.27 125,563.05 8,953.28 150,172.57 824.76 428.14 1,661,911.33 Garden View 238,173.91 911,737.70 95,019.46 28,290.87 95,356.25 36,096.40 263.43 1,404,938.02 Grove Care Home 71,097.45 1,213,657.94 124,694.05 6,659.76 108,133.45 295.41 993.74 1,525,531.80 Saltgreens Care Home 78,758.76 1,348,873.29 156,634.89 18,534.27 137,027.75 1,516.47 1,057.86 1,742,403.29 St Ronans Care Home 122,351.30 1,042,730.69 107,495.31 3,660.72 91,330.27 2,257.40 1,369,825.69 Waverley Care Home 365,796.48 1,195,935.09 133,981.56 10,252.08 119,933.82 467.48 1,826,366.51 Grand Total 940,935.16 7,024,146.98 743,388.32 76,350.98 701,954.11 38,733.04 5,468.05 9,530,976.64 COST PER CARE HOME TO DATE 26/03/2024 FOR 2023/2024 FINANCIAL YEAR Finance do not hold the spend per client per week so have provided total spend to date. Therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
8. Please specify the amount paid by Scottish Borders Council to independent and voluntary sector care providers for providing a) residential care 14,537,336.18 b) nursing care. 7,705,409.56 Both figures above are gross and include free personal care and free personal and nursing care but excluded additional support. The figures are for 2023/24 financial year to date 11/04/24 and included Older People/Learning Disability/Physical Disability.
