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Statistics on Elderly and People
with Impairments – Management
Form 2016
The percentage of people living in special housing with their own fully
equipped apartment is increasing. A total of 77 of those living in special
housing live in this kind of accommodation. At the same time, the percentage of elderly people receiving services is decreasing, from more than 18
percent in 2007 to less than 16 percent in 2016.
More and more of those in special
housing live in an individual residence
Most of those in special housing live in an individual fully equipped apartment,
but there are variations for both the elderly and those with impairments. Figure 1
shows that 77 percent of everyone in special housing lived in a fully equipped
apartment in October 2016. A fully equipped apartment means living alone and
having a kitchen, WC and shower. The percentage living in this kind of apartment with three or more rooms, or in multi-bed rooms, has almost disappeared
between 2007 and 2016. However, the type of housing that has decreased the
most between 2007 and 2016 is two-room apartments. The majority, 66 percent,
live in a fully equipped apartment with 1-1½ rooms, and this proportion has
increased by 8 percentages during the last ten years.
Figure 1. Distribution of type of housing, October 2007 and 2016
70%
66%
58%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
20%
19%
17%
11%
10%
1%
0%
1%
0%
Multibed rooms
0%
2%
4%
1 room without
kitchen or wc
1-1½ room with
2 rooms with
3> rooms with
Other types
kitchen and wc kitchen and wc kitchen and wc
2007
2016
Source: Statistcs on care and help services to Elderly and Persons with Impairments, The National Board of Health
and Welfare
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Number of people in short-term housing
is decreasing
Short-term housing is a place to stay outside the regular home for short-term
care and health care with personnel around the clock. The number of elderly
people staying in short-term housing has decreased over the years (Figure 2).
From 2007 to 2016 the number has fallen from around 8,900 persons to almost
7,400 persons, a decrease of almost 20 percent. These placements are often used
for rehabilitation, care, intermittent care and respite for relatives.
Figure 2. Number of persons in short-term housing, October 2007 to 2016
10 000
9 000
8 000
7 000
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Number of elderly in short-term housing
2014
2015
2016
Source: Statistcs on care and help services to Elderly and Persons with Impairments, The National Board
of Health and Welfare
Percentage of elderly people with
services is decreasing
Just over 88,900 people aged 65 years or older lived permanently in special
housing on 1 October 2016. In total, almost 228,500 people in the same age
group lived in ordinary housing and received home help services on the same
date.
A total of almost 16 percent of those aged 65 years or older received one of these
two services (Figure 3). In ten years, the number receiving home help service
has increased by almost 30,000 while the number in special housing has de-
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creased by over 8,500. In 2007, 18.5 percent of the population in the age group
received one of these services.
Figure 3 also shows that even if the percentage receiving home help has decreased somewhat, this decrease is because of the reduction in special housing.
Figure 3. Percentage of population with services, October 2007 to 2016
Percent
20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
2007
2008
2009
2010
Special housing
2011
2012
2013
Home help services
2014
2015
2016
Total
Source: Statistcs on care and help services to Elderly and Persons with Impairments, The National
Board of Health and Welfare
More information
You can find more tables, graphs and information in the following Excel
file (in Swedish, but with English list of terms):
www.socialstyrelsen.se/publikationer2017/2017-2-18
Contact information:
Lina Boberg
Phone: +46 (0)75-247 30 00
E-mail: [email protected]
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