Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2010

Module: Social Care for Older People

This page lists the questionlists the questions asked within the Social Care for Older People module in 2010. Clicking on the question name printed to the left of every question will bring you to the tables of results for that question. Publications and further information on Social Care for Older People can be found on the Public Services Resources page.


USOCCARE: Do you get any professional social care services?

UQUALITY: How satisfied are you with the quality of professional social care services that you get?

UNODGNTY: Were you treated with enough dignity or respect by the people providing your social care?

UTRTBAD: Have you ever been treated badly by the people providing your social care?

OSOCCARE: Are any older family or friends getting professional social care?

ONODGNTY: Was this friend/relative treated with enough dignity or respect by the people providing theirr social care?

OTRTBAD: Was this friend/relative ever been treated badly by the people providing their social care?

HOWTREATBAD: In what way were they treated badly?

EASYGET: How easy or difficult do you think it is for people to get personal care services in their own homes?

PREFHELP: What kind of personal care would you prefer as you get older?

FAMWANT: Do you think that your family or friends will also want to care for you themselves?

FAMPAID: Do you think that your family or friends should be paid by the government for providing this kind of care?

HOMEPAY1: Who should pay for a well-off older person moving into a residential or nursing home?

HOMEPAY2: Who should pay for a less well-off older person moving into a residential or nursing home?

PAYOWNPC: Paying for residential care: everyone pays for their own care.

BASICPC: Paying for residential care: everyone gets a basic level of care from government, and pay rest themselves.

MEANSPC: Paying for residential care: care is means-tested.

FREEPC: Paying for residential care: provided free, and paid for by a tax over lifetime.

FAIRPC: Is current means-tested system fair?

GOHOME1: Feel if moving into nursing home: reassured that someone there if I need help.

GOHOME2: Feel if moving into nursing home: hate the thought of leaving own home.

GOHOME3: Feel if moving into nursing home: relief for family not to have to look after me.

GOHOME4: Feel if moving into nursing home: no money to leave to family.

GOHOME5: Feel if moving into nursing home: nice to have company.

GOHOME6: Feel if moving into nursing home: worry about losing contact with friends.

GOHOME7: Feel if moving into nursing home: frightened about being treated badly.

GOHOME8: Feel if moving into nursing home: none of these.

GOHOME9: Feel if moving into nursing home: something else.

GOHOME10: Feel if moving into nursing home: don't know.

RESIDHOM: Should government invest in more residential care facilities or home care services?

DIRPAY: Have you ever heard of ‘Direct Payments’ for the social care of older people?

UDIRPAY: Are you yourself getting a Direct Payment towards the cost of your care?

UKSAMEPC: Should all regions of UK have same personal care system?

PRIVCARE: Do you support private companies or businesses providing personal care for older people?

CHARCARE: Do you support charities providing personal care for older people?

CAREPLAN: Have you made any plans about how to pay for care and support needs as you get older?

AGEAWARE: Have you heard of “Age Awareness Week”?

A module of questions on Informal Carers was also included in 2010.




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