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Speaking at the National Social Care Conference in Cardiff, the Minister told an audience of social services’ leaders that “the way we care for each other can define us a nation.”

He said that while steps have already been taken to help meet current challenges, “there will still be a need to consider further investment in the sector if we are to support everyone to live full and rewarding lives.”

The Minister discussed the scale of the challenge by revealing that during 2016 \-17,  local authorities provided care and support to around 10,000 more people aged over 65 than in the previous year. 

The number of people aged over 85 living in Wales will increase by an estimated 119% by 2035, according to the National Population Needs Assessment report, published in 2017\.

The Welsh Government is currently considering how its new fiscal levers could be developed as part of a wider consideration about potential new taxes in Wales. This has included consideration of a proposal by Professor Gerald Holtham to introduce a social care levy to raise additional resources for social care, which people would pay from their income. 

Huw Irranca\-Davies said:


> “Successfully meeting increased demand in all parts of the social care sector, raises many questions. Not least, what care and support will be required in the future? How should this be provided and how should this be funded? 
> 
> “In part we are responding to this challenge by revitalising social care and support in Wales in a number of ways; by focusing more attention on prevention wherever we are able; by developing our Regional Partnership Board approach to the commissioning of care; by protecting funding for social care as much as we are able; and by listening and responding to what people tell us matters to them.


> “While these steps make us better placed to meet current challenges, there will still be a need to consider further investment in the sector if we are to support everyone to live full and rewarding lives.  As a result we have made a commitment in our national strategy for Wales, ‘Prosperity for All’, to develop innovative funding models that will help meet the demand for social care in the future.”

The Minister added:


> “Encouraging citizens in Wales to engage in a dialogue about the future of social care could be a challenge. Negative stereotypes of ageing can deter people from planning for their future. Too often older people are framed as the cause of financial pressures rather than viewed as part of the solution. The reality is that as our population ages, more and more older people are contributing to society, not only by volunteering and providing vital care to their loved ones, but also by working and paying taxes. 
> 
> “I believe we need to broker an honest conversation with citizens in Wales about the rewards and challenges of an ageing society. Social care must be seen as a positive choice that enables individuals to carry on living the life they chose. By placing individuals at the centre of their care, everyone can be supported to achieve their potential, to learn, to age well and, most importantly, to enjoy life.
> 
> “The way we care for each other can define us a nation.”







Translation:


 
Wrth siarad yng Nghynhadledd Genedlaethol Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru yng Nghaerdydd, dywedodd y Gweinidog wrth gynulleidfa o arweinwyr gofal cymdeithasol bod "y ffordd rydyn ni'n gofalu am ein gilydd yn gallu'n diffinio fel cenedl."

Dywedodd bod camau eisoes wedi cael eu cymryd i helpu i fodloni'r heriau sy'n bodoli, ond "bydd angen ystyried buddsoddiad pellach yn y sector os ydyn ni am helpu pawb i fyw bywydau llawn a boddhaus."

Trafododd y Gweinidog raddfa'r her drwy ddatgelu i awdurdodau lleol ddarparu gofal a chymorth i tua 10,000 yn fwy o bobl dros 65 oed yn 2016\-17 na'r flwyddyn flaenorol. 

Yn ôl adroddiad yr Asesiad Cenedlaethol o Anghenion y Boblogaeth a gyhoeddwyd yn 2017, amcangyfrifir y bydd cynnydd o 119% yn nifer y bobl dros 85 oed sy'n byw yng Nghymru erbyn 2035\.

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wrthi’n ystyried sut y gellid datblygu ysgogiadau cyllidol newydd fel rhan o ystyriaethau ehangach am drethi newydd posib yng Nghymru. Roedd hyn yn cynnwys ystyried cynnig gan yr Athro Gerald Holtham i gyflwyno ardoll gofal cymdeithasol i godi adnoddau ychwanegol ar gyfer gofal cymdeithasol, y byddai pobl yn ei dalu o'u hincwm. 

Dywedodd Huw Irranca\-Davies:


> "Mae ateb y galw cynyddol ym mhob rhan o'r sector gofal cymdeithasol yn codi nifer o gwestiynau. Gyda'r pwysicaf, pa ofal a chymorth fydd ei angen yn y dyfodol? Sut ddylid darparu hyn, a'i ariannu? 
> 
> "Rydyn ni'n ymateb i'r her hon yn rhannol drwy adfywio gofal cymdeithasol a chymorth mewn nifer o ffyrdd; canolbwyntio mwy ar atal lle bynnag bo modd; datblygu'n dull gweithredu Byrddau Partneriaeth Rhanbarthol wrth gomisiynu gofal; diogelu cyllid ar gyfer gofal cymdeithasol gymaint â phosib; a gwrando ac ymateb i'r hyn mae pobl yn dweud wrthym ni sy'n bwysig iddyn nhw.  
> 
> "Er bod y camau hyn yn golygu ein bod yn fwy parod i ateb heriau presennol, bydd angen ystyried buddsoddiad pellach yn y sector o hyd os ydym am helpu pawb i fyw bywydau llawn a boddhaus. O ganlyniad, rydyn ni wedi gwneud ymrwymiad yn ein strategaeth genedlaethol, 'Ffyniant i Bawb', i ddatblygu modelau ariannu dyfeisgar a fydd yn helpu i fodloni'r galw am ofal cymdeithasol yn y dyfodol."

Ychwanegodd y Gweinidog:


> "Gallai annog pobl Cymru i gymryd rhan mewn deialog am ddyfodol gofal cymdeithasol fod yn heriol. Gall ystrydebau negyddol am heneiddio atal pobl rhag cynllunio ar gyfer eu dyfodol. Yn rhy aml, caiff pobl hŷn eu gweld fel y rheswm dros bwysau ariannol yn hytrach na rhan o'r ateb. Y gwir yw, wrth i'n poblogaeth heneiddio, mae mwy a mwy o bobl hŷn yn cyfrannu at gymdeithas, nid yn unig drwy wirfoddoli a darparu gofal hanfodol i'w hanwyliaid, ond hefyd drwy weithio a thalu trethi. 
> 
> "Rwy'n credu bod angen sgwrs onest gyda phobl Cymru am fanteision a heriau cymdeithas sy'n heneiddio. Rhaid edrych ar ofal cymdeithasol fel dewis cadarnhaol sy'n galluogi unigolion i barhau i fyw'r bywydau maen nhw'n eu dewis. Drwy ganolbwyntio ar yr unigolion, gall pawb gael eu cefnogi i gyflawni eu potensial, dysgu, heneiddio'n dda, ac yn bwysicaf oll, mwynhau bywyd.
> 
> “Mae'r ffordd rydyn ni'n gofalu am ein gilydd yn gallu'n diffinio fel cenedl.”