TABLE 1.

Characteristics of people receiving social care ^a in Sweden

Any social care receiver a	The typical social care receiver is an 87‐year‐old woman living alone, with 15 h of external home support per week
	During a 14‐day period, an average of 16 different care providers (people) will visit a home support beneficiary with ≥2 visits per day
Long‐term residential care facilities for older people b (specifically)	Average age on moving to residential care: 85 years for men and 87 years for women
	Median duration in residential care: 2.0 years (usually until death)
	Comorbidity in people living in these facilities: disoriented (64%) urinary incontinence (56%) severe/very severe cognitive problems (usually dementia)(48%) use of a wheelchair (37%) faecal incontinence (32%)

^a The four most common forms of social care in order of frequency were security alarm, home support, residential care facility for older people and food deliveries.

^b In Swedish ‘SÄBO’.