The number of people who live in older people’s care homes can be found in the following table: Table: Number of residents in older people’s care homes as at 31 March 2010 Local Authority Long stay residents Short stay & respite residents Total residents Aberdeen City 1,435 26 1,461 Aberdeenshire 1,586 51 1,637 Angus 932 59 991 Argyll & Bute 499 15 514 Clackmannanshire 170 30 200 Dumfries & Galloway 971 35 1,006 Dundee City 923 36 959 East Ayrshire 786 21 807 East Dunbartonshire 388 13 401 East Lothian 565 20 585 East Renfrewshire 506 11 517 Edinburgh, City of 2,758 45 2,803 Eilean Siar 174 17 191 Falkirk 811 17 828 Fife 2,308 109 2,417 Glasgow City 3,601 145 3,746 Highland 1,646 61 1,707 Inverclyde 678 16 694 Midlothian 514 10 524 Moray 502 12 514 North Ayrshire 938 45 983 North Lanarkshire 1,695 100 1,795 Orkney Islands 102 15 117 Perth & Kinross 1,252 52 1,304 Renfrewshire 1,172 35 1,207 Scottish Borders 607 24 631 Shetland Islands 121 25 146 South Ayrshire 857 17 874 South Lanarkshire 2,324 131 2,455 Stirling 556 15 571 West Dunbartonshire 553 12 565 West Lothian 755 36 791 Scotland 32,685 1,256 33,941 Source: Scottish Care Home Census, March 2010 Note: Long-stay residents are those whose intention when they entered the home was to stay as a permanent resident, regardless of how long they stayed.