Nursing home and home care services in 2016 - Almost half a million people (+6.6%) benefit from nursing home and home care assistance

Neuchâtel, 23.11.2017 - (FSO) – In 2016, almost 340,000 persons benefited from home care services, a 10% increase compared with 2015. For the first time, the 1570 nursing homes registered a decrease in their number of residents with around 149,000 persons (-0.4%). In order to provide this care, home care services and nursing homes employed 177,184 members of staff. These are some of the findings from the Statistics on Home Care Services and the Statistics on Nursing Homes from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)


Address for enquiries

Anthony Francis, FSO, Health Services Section, tel.: +41 58 463 61 94,
e-mail: Anthony.Francis@bfs.admin.ch
Flavia Lazzeri, FSO, Health Services Section, tel.: +41 58 463 61 28,
e-mail: flavia.lazzeri@bfs.admin.ch



Publisher

Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch

https://www.admin.ch/content/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-68927.html