Essex County Council is supporting 16,542 adults through a variety of social care funded services, over the last 3 years we have seen a drop in nursing and residential care as the sector navigates its way through the continually changing landscape of the pandemic. This has meant that as we work through the fallout of the pandemic, we have been dealing with a backlog of unmet care needs.
20% of total Essex population of adults 65+ are receiving social care services, and we are supporting proportionally more woman than the general population. (51.1%)
| Female | Male |
|---|---|
| 58.8% | 41.2% |
The amount of people we provide services to by ethnicity is in proportion to the wider population of the county. (94% White and 4% BAME)
| White | BAME |
|---|---|
| 94.0% | 3.6% |
The below table showing Essex supported adults by their primary support reasons:
| Primary Support Reason | Number of Adults |
|---|---|
| Physical Support | 9,111 |
| Learning Disability Support | 3,760 |
| Support with memory and cognition | 1,131 |
| Mental Health support | 1,016 |
| Sensory Support | 250 |
| Social support | 204 |
| Other | 278 |
In Essex we supported 11,148 people through reablement services to help them regain their independence and 71% of adults following reablement no longer require services.
We have 48,745 unique known carers, currently we have 1,262 carers with open services and during the last 12 months 539 carers have received direct payments. In the last year we have provided carer services to 212 carers either through carers support or carers break.
Dementia prevalence is known to increase with age, the most recent figures from NHS Digital (February 2023) highlight that there are 24,291 people (over 65) in Southend, Essex & Thurrock (SET) living with dementia, with a 33% increase predicted, resulting in 32,307 people by 2030.
Source: Adults Carers Dashboard.