There has also been substantial investment in continuing care services since 1997. For older people, this has meant enhancement of nursing home subvention scheme, provision of additional home helps, improving community-based services and services provided in community hospitals and day care centres, additional respite care and support for carers. For people with intellectual disabilities and autism, service developments in 2002 provided for further new residential, respite and day places and the continuation of the programme to transfer persons with an intellectual disability or autism from psychiatric hospitals and other inappropriate placements. For people with physical disabilities, in 2002, investment provided for the enhancement of home support services, therapy services, up to 100 additional posts as recommended in the sector's service audit, 500 rehabilitative training places and guidance and assessment staff positions in the health boards in the area of rehabilitative training.