Documentation
Description:
This database contains residential and geographical information data about care homes in Wales.
The care home dataset is derived from the registry held by the Care Inspectorate Wales, with missing details completed manually. care homes are categorised into three groups, with subcategories:
a) Adult residential: Adult Care Home / Young, Adult Care Home / Older, Adult Care Home with nursing Younger, Adult Care Home with nursing Older.
b) Adult Placement: Placement Scheme, Small Care Home.
c) Domiciliary Care: Agency 200hrs or more, Agency up to 199hrs, Supported Housing.
To join to this dataset in SAIL, you must also specifically request the Residential Anonymous Linkage Field (RALF) variable from the Welsh Demographic Service Dataset (WDSD) as part of the project governance (IGRP) application, to enable linkage at the residence-level.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
65-85
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Secondary care
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Private
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
08 May 2018
End Date:
31 December 2023
Time Lag:
Other
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP).
Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data
within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
["SAIL"]
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
31 August 2021