We are informed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that it does not register care homes according to the number of people from a specific client group, such as those suffering dementia. CSCI will register a home as being able to care for at least one person from a particular client group. CSCI is able to produce data from 2004 when it was first established. Information from earlier years is not available centrally.
The following table shows the numbers of care homes and registered places in Kent county council. Data for other areas within Kent are not available separately.
As at 31 March: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places Homes Places All homes 792 15,907 774 15,763 759 15,642 748 15,485 746 15,673 Homes registered to care for people with dementia1 122 4,554 125 4,699 127 4,860 131 5,050 134 5,218 1 Homes do not register the actual number of places they have for each client group. They indicate which groups they can provide at least one place for. The number of registered places shown is the sum of all places in the care home that indicated they provide care for at least one person with dementia. Source: CSCI database as at 2 May 2008