The UK has seen a record number of people search for a care home in January, with 38 per cent more people visiting leading care home reviews site, carehome.co.uk.
carehome.co.uk, has seen record traffic this January, with 38 per cent more people visiting the site to look for a care home, than in December 2017.
January 2018 saw carehome.co.uk have its highest ever traffic to the site with 1,579,285 visits. This was up from 1,144,572 in December, an increase of 434,713.
carehome.co.uk has noticed a trend in more people visiting carehome.co.uk to look for a care home in the period after Christmas.
Davina Ludlow, chair of carehome.co.uk, said:
“Over recent years we have noticed a definite trend during January with a big rise in the number of people searching for care homes after the Christmas period.
“The UK has an ever-growing ageing population with people living longer with complex health conditions, so it is no surprise we have seen record traffic this January, showing there is a huge demand for care homes.
“We believe it is also due to families getting together over Christmas and the New Year and realising their relative is no longer able to cope on their own at home. Loneliness and illness can be more severe over the winter months, with care homes becoming a more preferable option.
“The problem is that many care homes are already struggling to stay sustainable so in order for providers to keep up with this growing demand, it is vital the Government takes steps to address the funding crisis in the upcoming green paper on social care.”
carehome.co.uk is the UK’s leading reviews site for care homes and in January it reached 75,000 reviews, making people’s search for a care home easier.
Full set of statistics (number of visits to carehome.co.uk):
January 2018 – 1,579,285
December 2017 – 1,144,572
January 2017 – 1,537,109
December 2016 – 1,186,961
January 2016 – 1,491,754
December 2015 – 1,203,753
