Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mae fy mlaenoriaethau ym maes tai yn ymwneud â thair prif thema – mwy o dai, tai gwell a gwasanaethau tai gwell.  Yn ein Papur Gwyn ar Dai, fe wnaethom ymrwymiad clir i wella’r ffordd y gwneir addasiadau yng nghartrefi pobl.

Rwy’n falch o gyhoeddi bod yr adolygiad pwysig a gomisiynais o’n rhaglenni addasiadau presennol wedi dechrau.  Fel sylfaen iddo, fe wnaethom ofyn i’n rhanddeiliaid am eu barn ac mae hyn wedi’n helpu i ddeall beth sy’n bwysig wrth wneud addasiadau yng nghartrefi pobl er mwyn eu helpu i fyw’n annibynnol cyn hired â phosibl.

Ar hyn o bryd, mae gennym nifer o wahanol raglenni ar waith: er enghraifft, Grant Cyfleusterau i’r Anabl, Rhaglen Addasiadau Brys a Grant Addasiadau Ffisegol.  Dros y ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf, rydym wedi bod yn treialu rhaglen newydd Grant Byw’n Annibynnol.  Mae’r rhaglenni hyn un ai yn neu wedi chwarae eu rhan i sicrhau bod addasiadau hanfodol yn cael eu gwneud, popeth o osod rheiliau llaw a chawodydd camu\-i\-mewn i adeiladu ystafelloedd ychwanegol.  Wrth gwrs, mae gan y rhaglenni hyn eu cryfderau a’u gwendidau ac mae’r ffordd y maen nhw’n cael eu cynnal a’r meini prawf sy’n sail iddyn nhw ychydig yn wahanol.  Gall y drefn gymorth bresennol fod yn anodd ei deall.  
   
Mae’r astudiaeth yn cael ei chynnal gan gonsortiwm ymchwil sy’n cynnwys Shelter, Tai Pawb a Phrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd a bydd yn trafod y materion hyn.  Bydd yn ystyried a oes angen newid y systemau a’r trefniadau sydd ar waith ar hyn o bryd ar gyfer addasu cartrefi pobl er mwyn eu helpu i fyw’n annibynnol.  Yn fwy penodol, bydd yn ystyried opsiynau ar gyfer creu system all gyflawni fy uchelgais sef sicrhau bod help hawdd mynd ato ac o ansawdd da ar gael i bobl.  Y nod cyffredinol yw sicrhau y gwneir addasiadau yn gynt yng nghartrefi’r bobl hynny sydd eu hangen.  Drwy wneud hyn, gallwn leihau unrhyw anghydraddoldebau sy’n bodoli yn y system ar hyn o bryd a sicrhau bod atebion di\-dor ar gael sy’n rhoi pwyslais ar atal yr angen ac ymyrryd yn gynnar.

Yn yr wythnosau nesaf, bydd y tîm ymchwil yn cysylltu â’r rhanddeiliaid  ac yn gofyn iddyn nhw gyfrannu at yr astudiaeth – rwy’n edrych ymlaen at glywed beth fydd ganddyn nhw i’w ddweud.  Hoffwn i weld gymaint o bobl â phosibl yn cymryd rhan yn y gwaith hwn.  Drwy addasu cartrefi pobl, gallwn atal pobl rhag gorfod mynd i’r ysbyty’n ddi\-angen neu droi at ofal preswyl yn ddi\-angen ac wrth gwrs, byddai hynny’n lleihau’r baich ar ein Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol a’n gwasanaethau cymdeithasol.  Bydd y gwaith yn cael ei cynnwys yn y camau gweithredu ar gyfer 2014\-15 ac mae cyllid ychwanegol ar gael drwy’r Gronfa Gofal Canolraddol newydd.  Ni fydd yr adolygiad yn effeithio ar yr help hwn, help sy’n cael ei ddarparu gan awdurdodau lleol, Byrddau Iechyd Lleol a chyrff yn y trydydd sector fel Gofal a Thrwsio Cymru.  Ar y llaw arall, bydd yr adroddiad, a gyhoeddir ym mis Medi, yn sylfaen i’r gwelliannau fydd yn cael eu gwneud yn y dyfodol i helpu pobl ac i wneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol i ansawdd eu bywydau.







Translation:


 
My housing priorities revolve around three main themes \- more homes, better homes and better housing services. In our Housing White Paper, we made a very clear commitment to improve the ways in which adaptations are made to people’s homes.


I am very pleased to say that the major review of our current adaptations programmes I commissioned has commenced. It has been informed by the views of our stakeholders, which has helped to focus it on what’s important in delivering adaptations to people’s houses to enable them to live independently for as long as possible.


We currently have a number of different programmes; for example, Disabled Facilities Grants, the Rapid Response Adaptations Programme, and Physical Adaptation Grants.  In the past two years we have also piloted a new Independent Living Grants programme. All these play or have played a role in delivering essential adaptations from the installation of grab and hand rails to walk\-in showers to additional rooms. They all have strengths and weaknesses but operate in slightly different ways and to different criteria. It can be difficult for people to find their way through the system of help that is available.


The study, which is being undertaken by a research consortium involving, amongst others, Shelter, Tai Pawb and Cardiff Metropolitan University, will address these points. It will consider potential changes to the structure and delivery mechanisms for independent living adaptations.  More specifically, it will explore options for a system that can achieve my goal of consistently good quality and accessible help for people. The overall aim is to ensure that adaptations are delivered quicker to those who need them. In doing so, it will help to reduce the inequalities that are inherent in the current system by ensuring joined up solutions with a strong emphasis on prevention and early intervention.


The research team will be contacting stakeholders in the coming weeks and I look forward to their input to the study. I would like to see as many as possible get involved in the work.


Adaptations to people’s homes help to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and residential care and therefore help reduce demands on our NHS and social services. They will feature in the action that will take place in 2014\-15 through the additional funding being made available through the new Intermediate Care Fund. The review will not affect this help, which will be delivered by local authorities, Local Health Boards, and third sector organisations such as Care \& Repair but its report, which is due in September, will inform the future improvements to assistance that makes a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.