asked the Minister for Health if the average weekly cost of residential accommodation for old people, which has been given as £116.00 per person in 1982, includes such items as the cost of hospital accommodation, medical attention and is in addition to normal maintenance.
Written Answers. - Hospital Accommodation for Elderly.
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The average weekly cost figure of £116 referred to was arrived at on the basis of overall expenditure in 1982 of institutions providing long term residential care for old people, including the cost of medical attention and associated costs as well as the cost of maintenance.