CSSIW has revealed the results of a self-assessed survey of adult and children’s care homes – the SASS, which many CFW members contributed to.

The SASS required providers to confirm their registration details and language preferences. In particular, it focused on information about the National Minimum Standards in relation to premises and environment.

The results of the survey, which was completed in January by 1,155 providers of adult care homes and children’s homes and represented a 94% response rate, have thrown up some interesting statistics:

• The occupancy rate of adult care homes at the time of the survey was 92%.
• Almost half of the main buildings in adult care homes were reported to be more than 50 years old.
• 57% of rooms adult care homes were reported to have en suites.
• 839 out of 22,563 rooms in adult care homes were reported to be available for shared use at the time of survey, of which less than 50% were being used as such.
• Of the responses that indicated a room size for single occupancy bedrooms in adult care homes, 41% were reported to be less than 12m².

Read more on this survey on the CSSIW website.