Data follows ‘expected pattern’ for self-funding care home residents

Care home occupancy in England averaged at 84.7% between 2019 and 2020, official statistics have revealed. A total of 391,927 of 462,460 care home beds were occupied and there were approximately 143,774 (36.7%) self-funded residents, compared with 248,153 (63.3%) who were state funded. The data is based on a sample of 6,099 homes and comes…