SECTION 2. 139 • 4 special residence facilities, and • 53 childcare boarding homes. Design capacity of residences and the number of their residents in 2013 Design capacity Occupied beds at the end of 2012 homes for the elderly and disabled residences for veterans neuropsychiatric residences special residence facilities childcare residences Between 2008 and 2013 the number of childcare residences decreased from 55 to 53. At the same time the number of children under 18 in the custody of juvenile wards and neuropsychiatric units increased from 2,243 in 2008 to 3,464 in 2013). Consequently, there is an urgent need to de-institutionalize residences for people with special needs.