This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on local authorities in England for 2020-21.

<span>This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on local authorities in England for 2020-21.</span>


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Adult Social Care Finance Return

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The actual hourly rate paid for the provision of home care to external providers. The rates should be based on the cost of an hour of personal care and not the rate used for waking nights, sleeping in, or 24 hour care.

Average standard hourly rate for provision of home care - provided by all external providers

The actual hourly rate paid for the provision of home care in-house. The rates should be based on the cost of an hour of personal care and not the rate used for waking nights, sleeping in, or 24 hour care.

Average standard hourly rate for provision of home care - provided in-house

grossTotalCost

Total Expenditure in year before any deductions

Gross Total Cost

Unit costs are based on the actual hourly rate paid for the provision of home care. There will be two rates: one for the hourly rate of in-house home care provision and one for the average hourly rate paid to external providers of home care services. The rates should be based on the cost of an hour of personal care.

Home Care (Average standard hourly rate)

income

Income

£000's

Councils should use this cell to identify how much of the “Income from NHS” column is income from the Better Care Fund. This should be a subset of the total “Income from NHS” – please do not subtract Better Care Fund income from the total Income from NHS fields.

Income from Better Care Fund

Expenditure funded by specific and special grants should be included in the relevant expenditure columns. Specific and special revenue grants should not be included as income. The total value of specific and special grants should be entered in the cell at the bottom of the Non SALT & Totals worksheet.

Income from Specific and Special Grants

longTermSupport

Nursing care is care that is provided and supervised by a registered qualified nurse in a care home setting. It involves clinical care that can allow working age adults with complex conditions and care needs to be safely supported.

Long Term Support - Nursing Care 18 to 64

Nursing care is care that is provided and supervised by a registered qualified nurse in a care home setting. It involves clinical care that can allow those aged 65+ with complex conditions and care needs to be safely supported.

Long Term Support - Nursing Care 65 and over

Is a 'home-style', live-in accommodation, with 24 hour-a-day supervised staffing for working age residents, who may need extra help and support with their personal care.

Long Term Support - Residential Care 18 to 64

Is a 'home-style', live-in accommodation, with 24 hour-a-day supervised staffing for elderly residents, who may need extra help and support with their personal care.

Long Term Support - Residential Care 65 and over

longTermSupportExcludingAssistive

As per SeRCOP, Long Term support encompasses any service or support which is provided with the intention of maintaining quality of life for an individual on an ongoing basis, which has been allocated on the basis of eligibility criteria/ policies (i.e. an assessment of need has taken place), and which is subject to regular review. Exclude any Short Term episodes intended for a time-limited period.

Long Term Support for people aged 18 to 64 years (excluding assistive equipment & technology)

Long Term Support for people aged 65 and over years (excluding assistive equipment & technology)

memorandum

Memorandum

nonSALTAndSupportServices

Data on expenditure on social care activities not split by short and long term care.

Non SALT and Support Services

primarySupportReasonASC-FR

Expenditure is reported against primary support reason and subdivided by care type

Primary Support Reason (ASC-FR)

RO3OverallSummary

To allow for comparisons to the RO3 collection.

RO3 Overall summary

RO3Summary

RO3 Summary

shortTermSupportExcludingAssistiveEquipmentAndTechnology

To gain an understanding of the overall expenditure associated with clients supported through short term interventions and support often aimed at helping maintain or improve individuals’ independence (or to compensate for levels of dependency) so that the need for subsequent, longer term care is delayed, reduced or prevented.

Short Term Support (excluding assistive equipment and technology)

shortTermSupportMaximiseIndependence18

This includes all episodes of support provided that is intended to be time-limited, with the intention of maximising the independence of the individual and reducing/eliminating their need for ongoing support by the CASSR.

Adult Social Care Finance Return

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