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Table 1 Characteristics of the care homes in England

From: Excess mortality for care home residents during the first 23 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a national cohort study

 

Overall (nursing and residential homes combined)

Nursing homes

Residential homes

Care homes

15,524

4428

11,096

Average bed capacity

29.3

50.6

20.9

Total bed capacity offered

455,594

223,917

231,677

Care home size

 Small homes [0–23 beds]

49.2%

12.0%

64.1%

 Medium homes [24–40 beds]

24.4%

27.8%

23.0%

 Large homes [41+ beds]

26.4%

60.2%

12.9%

Service type

 Providing services to older people and/or people with dementia

71.7%

93.4%

63.1%

 Providing non-dementia services to children and/or adults only

28.3%

6.6%

36.9%

Provider type

 Branded (chain ownership)

37.7%

45.8%

34.5%

 Non-branded (independent ownership)

62.3%

54.2%

65.5%

Legal status

 For-profit

85.3%

90.5%

83.3%

 Not-for-profit

14.7%

9.5%

16.7%

% care homes reporting any death in the COVID-19 period

59.7%

89.0%

47.9%

% care homes reporting confirmed/suspected COVID-19 fatalities

27.4%

54.2%

16.7%

  1. Own elaboration on CQC data on care homes reported to be active in March 2020