ADASS Rapid Survey 2021: Home Care and Workforce
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This survey demonstrates a rapidly deteriorating situation in relation to social care for older and disabled people and for carers.
In summary, for most areas of care, the trends documented in ADASS’s Spring Survey in July 2021 and the Rapid Survey reported in September have continued and escalated.
More care at home is being delivered, with 15% more care at home delivered between August and October compared with April to July 2021.
However, it is not keeping pace with increasing levels and complexity of needs. The results highlight that it is not proving possible to scale up provision further. There has been an even bigger increase (164%) in the total number of home care hours that DASSs reported were unable to be delivered. This shows that increases in need are far outstripping even this increased provision