English: Trefnydd, I would like to call for a statement from the Minister for health regarding the treatment of elderly persons during the current pandemic. Yesterday, I was asked to attend a meeting with a small group of assisted living residents to discuss the issues they were facing in recent months, only for them to be told by Coastal Housing that they had to meet outdoors. Some of these residents were vulnerable, with a wide variety of health issues, some needing supplemental oxygen, yet they were being asked to sit outside in temperatures that barely hit double digits. Coastal Housing were being overzealous in interpreting the COVID regulations, and half a dozen or so people sitting meters apart and wearing masks poses no great transmission risk, and yet they were told that such a meeting could not be held indoors. Despite there being prior notice of the meeting, they were only told five minutes before. Residents are also concerned that new residents are not being tested, prior to entry to live there, for COVID-19. I'd like the Welsh Government to ensure that guidance that goes out to housing associations and local authorities takes account of the risks to both the physical and mental health of vulnerable elderly people. So, such guidance needs to balance the harms of COVID-19 against the harms of measures to tackle the disease. And following conversations with staff - whom I had every sympathy for - regarding assisted living, too much was left open to interpretation, which was then inconsistent in delivery, and much clearer guidelines are needed in order to promote a healthy relationship for staff and residents alike. My second point is -
Welsh: Trefnydd, hoffwn i alw am ddatganiad gan y Gweinidog Iechyd ynglŷn â thrin pobl hŷn yn ystod y pandemig presennol. Ddoe, gofynnwyd imi fynd i gyfarfod gyda grŵp bach o breswylwyr byw â chymorth i drafod y materion yr oedden nhw'n eu hwynebu yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf, dim ond iddynt gael gwybod gan Tai Arfordirol fod yn rhaid iddynt gyfarfod allan yn yr awyr agored. Roedd rhai o'r preswylwyr hyn yn agored i niwed, gydag amrywiaeth eang o broblemau iechyd. Roedd angen ocsigen ychwanegol ar rai ohonyn nhw, ac eto i gyd gofynnwyd iddynt eistedd y tu allan mewn tymheredd a oedd prin yn cyrraedd deg canran. Roedd Tai Arfordirol yn dehongli rheoliadau COVID yn orfrwdfrydig. Nid yw hanner dwsin o bobl sy'n eistedd metrau ar wahân ac yn gwisgo masgiau yn peri risg fawr o drosglwyddo'r haint, ac eto i gyd cawsant wybod nad oedd modd cynnal cyfarfod o'r fath dan do. Er bod rhybudd wedi bod ymlaen llaw o'r cyfarfod, dim ond pum munud cyn y cyfarfod y cafodd y preswylwyr wybod. Hefyd, mae'r preswylwyr yn pryderu nad yw preswylwyr newydd yn cael eu profi ar gyfer COVID-19 cyn iddynt ddod yno i fyw. Hoffwn i i Lywodraeth Cymru sicrhau y dylai'r canllawiau sy'n cael eu rhoi i gymdeithasau tai ac awdurdodau lleol yn ystyried y risgiau i iechyd corfforol a meddyliol pobl hŷn sy'n agored i niwed. Felly, mae angen i ganllawiau o'r fath gydbwyso niwed COVID-19 yn erbyn y niwed gan fesurau i fynd i'r afael â'r clefyd. Ac yn dilyn sgyrsiau gyda'r staff - yr oedd gennyf bob cydymdeimlad â nhw - ynglŷn â byw â chymorth, roedd gormod yn agored i ddehongliad, ac felly'n anghyson wrth gael ei gyflawni, ac mae angen canllawiau llawer cliriach er mwyn hyrwyddo perthynas iach i staff a phreswylwyr fel ei gilydd. Fy ail bwynt yw -