Table 2 Descriptions of reported met and unmet needs for CANE items (N = 378)
Items | Area | No need n (%) | Full/Partiall met needs, n(%) | Unmet needs, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Environmental needs | Accommodation | 0 (0.00) | 357 (94.44) | 21 (5.56) |
Looking after the home | 96 (25.40) | 42 (11.11) | 240 (63.49) | |
Food | 318 (84.13) | 21 (5.56) | 39 (10.32) | |
Money/budgeting | 147 (38.89) | 204 (53.97) | 27 (7.14) | |
Benefits | 90 (23.81) | 234 (61.90) | 54 (14.29) | |
Caring for someone else | 93 (24.60) | 39 (10.32) | 246 (65.08) | |
Physical needs | Physical health | 6 (1.59) | 306 (80.95) | 66 (17.46) |
Medication | 18 (4.76) | 294 (77.78) | 66 (17.46) | |
Eyesight/hearing/communication | 240 (63.49) | 81 (21.43) | 57 (15.08) | |
Mobility/falls | 150 (39.68) | 120 (31.75) | 108 (28.57) | |
Self-care | 102 (26.98) | 54 (14.29) | 222 (58.73) | |
Continence | 312 (82.54) | 48 (12.70) | 18 (4.76) | |
Psychological needs | Psychological distress | 129 (34.13) | 210 (55.56) | 39 (10.32) |
Memory | 90 (23.81) | 225 (59.52) | 63 (16.67) | |
Behavior | 138 (36.51) | 156 (41.27) | 84 (22.22) | |
Alcohol | 372 (98.41) | 6 (1.59) | 0 (0.00) | |
Deliberate self-harm | 375 (99.21) | 3 (0.79) | 0 (0.00) | |
Inadvertent self-harm | 360 (95.24) | 15 (3.97) | 3 (0.79) | |
Psychotic symptoms | 195 (51.59) | 132 (34.92) | 51 (13.49) | |
Social needs | Company | 138 (36.51) | 120 (31.75) | 120 (31.75) |
Intimate relationships | 63 (16.67) | 147 (38.89) | 168 (44.44) | |
Daytime activities | 105 (27.78) | 171 (45.24) | 102 (26.98) | |
Information | 243 (64.29) | 102 (26.98) | 33 (8.73) | |
Abuse/neglect | 324 (85.71) | 33 (8.73) | 21 (5.56) | |
Mean needs |  | 18.52 ± 5.40 | ||