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The Intermediate Care Fund, which was a key part of the Welsh Government’s 2014\-15 Budget agreement with Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats, will invest in services which support older people, particularly the frail elderly, to maintain their independence and remain in their own home.


In December 2013, we announced the establishment of a £50 million Intermediate Care Fund to drive forward collaborative working between Social Services, health and housing and with Third and Independent Sector partners. The Fund will support people to maintain their independence and remain in their own home. It will be used to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, inappropriate admissions to residential care, as well as preventing delayed discharges from hospital.


This Written Statement provides Members with an update on the approval of funding and information on some of the projects which will be taken forward across Wales to support older people.


Proposals were developed and submitted by each of the six regions \- Cardiff and the Vale, Cwm Taf, Mid and West, North Wales, Western Bay and Gwent. Some of the projects which have been funded include:


 


* In **Cardiff and the Vale**, a ‘Smart House’ will be created to raise awareness and provide an opportunity for older people and their family to see and trial what support can be provided in the home environment. Specialist accommodation teams will be established to work with Health and Social care practitioners to develop appropriate housing responses for older people at point of admission and discharge.
* In **Cwm Taf**, an integrated @home service will focus on maintaining older people’s independence at home and avoiding hospital admission. The Butterfly project will also be extended to improve practice for older people with dementia, covering more residential and nursing homes, as well as extending to domiciliary care.
* In **North Wales**, a 24/7 Health and Social care support service will be established to provide a overnight planned and crisis intervention support service, delivered by appropriately trained generic support workers, in order to avoid untimely admissions to hospital and residential care.
* In **Gwent**, there will be an increased provision of services for older people at home and in care homes or sheltered housing. A new service to support people with dementia and those who have suffered a stroke in their own home will also be developed.
* In the **Western Bay** area, there will be additional reablement services including occupational therapists, to support independence at home. They will also establish common access points to direct people to appropriate services or interventions according to need.
* In **Mid and West** Wales, additional flexible intermediate care beds, intermediate care flats and dementia ‘move\-on’ flats will be established. There will also be support by the Third Sector to develop twilight services for people when they return home from hospital.


 


The above are a small number of the projects which will be taken forward this year to improve the planning and provision of integrated services to better meet the needs of older people.


 


 


 


This Fund provides a real opportunity to drive a step change in the way services work collaboratively at both a strategic and operational level. With the significant funding provided, regions now have an opportunity to make a real difference to the services, care and support provided to older people across Wales.


 


 







Translation:


 
Bydd y Gronfa Gofal Canolraddol, a oedd yn rhan allweddol o gytundeb Cyllideb 2014\-15 Llywodraeth Cymru gyda Phlaid Cymru a Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru, yn buddsoddi mewn gwasanaethau sy’n helpu pobl hŷn, yn enwedig henoed eiddil, i gadw eu hannibyniaeth ac aros yn eu cartrefi eu hunain.

Ym mis Rhagfyr 2013, cyhoeddwyd y byddem yn sefydlu Cronfa Gofal Canolraddol gwerth £50 miliwn i ddatblygu gwaith cydweithredol gan Wasanaethau Cymdeithasol, tai a thai, a chyda partneriaid Trydydd Sector a Sector Annibynnol. Bydd y Gronfa yn helpu pobl i gadw eu hannibyniaeth ac aros yn eu cartrefi eu hunain. Bydd yn cael ei defnyddio i osgoi derbyniadau diangen i’r ysbyty, derbyniadau amhriodol i ofal preswyl, yn ogystal ag osgoi oedi wrth ryddhau o’r ysbyty.

Mae’r Datganiad Ysgrifenedig hwn yn rhoi’r diweddaraf i’r Aelodau ar gymeradwyo cyllid ac yn rhoi gwybodaeth am rai o’r prosiectau a fydd yn cael eu datblygu ledled Cymru i gefnogi pobl hŷn.

Cafodd cynigion eu datblygu a’u cyflwyno gan bob un o’r chwe rhanbarth – Caerdydd a’r Fro, Cwm Taf, y Canolbarth a’r Gorllewin, y Gogledd, Bae’r Gorllewin a Gwent. Mae rhai o’r prosiectau sydd wedi’u hariannu yn cynnwys:

* Yn ardal Caerdydd a’r Fro, bydd ‘Tŷ Clyfar’ yn cael ei greu i godi ymwybyddiaeth a rhoi’r cyfle i bobl hŷn a’u teuluoedd weld a threialu cymorth y gellir ei darparu yn y cartref. Bydd timau llety arbenigol yn cael eu sefydlu i weithio gydag ymarferwyr Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol i ddatblygu ymatebion priodol o ran tai i bobl hŷn adeg eu derbyn a’u rhyddhau.
* Yn ardal Cwm Taf, bydd gwasanaeth integredig @home yn canolbwyntio ar gadw annibyniaeth pobl hŷn ac osgoi derbyniadau i’r ysbyty. Bydd prosiect Butterfly yn cael ei ymestyn hefyd i wella ymarfer ynghylch pobl hŷn â dementia, cwmpasu mwy o gartrefi preswyl a nyrsio, yn ogystal ag ymestyn i ofal cartref.
* Yn y Gogledd, bydd gwasanaeth cymorth iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol 24/7 yn cael ei sefydlu i gynnig gwasanaeth ymyrraeth argyfwng ac wedi’i gynllunio dros nos. Bydd yn cael ei ddarparu gan weithwyr cymorth generig sydd wedi cael hyfforddiant priodol er mwyn osgoi derbyniadau anamserol i’r ysbyty a gofal preswyl.
* Yn ardal Gwent, byddwn yn darparu mwy o wasanaethau i bobl hŷn yn eu cartrefi ac mewn cartrefi gofal neu dai gwarchod. Bydd gwasanaeth newydd hefyd yn cael ei ddatblygu i gefnogi pobl â dementia a’r rheini sydd wedi dioddef strôc yn eu cartrefi eu hunain.
* Yn ardal Bae’r Gorllewin, bydd gwasanaethau ailalluogi ychwanegol ar gael, gan gynnwys therapyddion galwedigaethol, i gefnogi annibyniaeth yn y cartref. Bydd mannau mynediad cyffredin hefyd yn cael eu sefydlu i gyfeirio pobl at wasanaethau neu ymyriadau priodol yn ôl yr angen.
* Yn y Canolbarth a’r Gorllewin, bydd mwy o welyau gofal canolraddol hyblyg, fflatiau gofal canolraddol a fflatiau ‘camu ymlaen’ ar gyfer dementia ar gael. Hefyd bydd y Trydydd Sector yn helpu i ddatblygu gwasanaethau gyda’r hwyr i bobl wrth iddynt ddychwelyd o’r ysbyty.

Detholiad bach yw’r uchod o’r prosiectau a fydd yn cael eu datblygu eleni i wella’r gwaith o gynllunio a darparu gwasanaethau integredig i ddiwallu anghenion pobl hŷn yn well.

Mae’r Gronfa hon yn gyfle gwirioneddol i sicrhau newid sylweddol yn y ffordd y mae gwasanaethau’n cydweithredu ar lefel strategol a gweithredol. Gyda’r cyllid sylweddol sydd ar gael, mae cyfle i ranbarthau wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn i’r gwasanaethau, y gofal a’r cymorth sy’n cael ei ddarparu i bobl hŷn ledled Cymru