English: Thank you, Minister, for your statement here today. As the number of people living with dementia in Wales increases, it's so important that we get this provision right. I notice firstly in your statement the reference to the increased number of dementia friends and dementia friendly communities. My office, along with the offices of many other Assembly Members, have undergone that training and I think it's really important in terms of the support that we offer to our communities. What can be done to encourage other such community support services to engage with the training that the Alzheimer's Society offers? For my other questions, I want to focus on some interesting things that I have seen out and about on constituency visits. Firstly, I recently met with the occupational therapy team at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon to discuss their work supporting people who have recently been diagnosed with dementia and how they enable them to regain their confidence and to live independently. I joined one of those OTs on a house visit in Penywaun, and had such really positive feedback from the person being helped about how the intervention had really changed his life. So, what can be done to ensure that other areas, both within Cwm Taf and further afield, learn from this kind of approach? I also recently visited the award-winning virtual ward at St John's medical practice in Aberdare, which is a shining example of a multidisciplinary approach. And this kind of approach is so useful to supporting those living with dementia, as well as many other conditions. So, what can the Welsh Government do to help enable and incentivise such partnership working in GP clusters to assist those living with dementia to receive the very best multidisciplinary care? And finally, I also visited Ysguborwen Care Home in Llwydcoed to see a fantastic project that was being delivered by the Wales Co-operative Centre, which allowed residents to utilise modern technology, such as iPads, screens and interactive tables, in order to engage with hobbies that they'd held all their lives or to look at old photographs that really re-jigged those deep parts of the memory and brought such happiness to them. What more can Welsh Government do to encourage care homes to utilise the very powerful benefits of modern technology in order to help those who live with dementia to maintain those pre-existing hobbies and interests that can add so much to their quality of life?
Welsh: Diolch, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad yma heddiw. Wrth i nifer y bobl sy'n byw gyda dementia yng Nghymru gynyddu, mae hi mor bwysig ein bod yn sicrhau bod y ddarpariaeth hon yn briodol. Rwy'n sylwi yn gyntaf yn eich datganiad ar y cyfeiriad at y nifer gynyddol o gyfeillion dementia a chymunedau sy'n deall dementia. Mae fy swyddfa i, ynghyd â swyddfeydd llawer o Aelodau Cynulliad eraill, wedi cael yr hyfforddiant hwnnw ac rwy'n credu ei fod yn bwysig iawn o ran y cymorth yr ydym ni'n ei gynnig i'n cymunedau. Beth ellir ei wneud i annog gwasanaethau cymorth cymunedol eraill o'r fath i gymryd rhan yn yr hyfforddiant y mae'r Gymdeithas Alzheimer yn ei gynnig? Ar gyfer fy nghwestiynau eraill, hoffwn ganolbwyntio ar rai pethau diddorol yr wyf wedi'u gweld ar ymweliadau etholaeth. Yn gyntaf, cyfarfûm yn ddiweddar â'r tîm therapi galwedigaethol yn Ysbyty Cwm Cynon i drafod eu gwaith yn cefnogi pobl sydd wedi cael diagnosis o ddementia yn ddiweddar a sut maen nhw'n eu galluogi nhw i adennill eu hyder a byw'n annibynnol. Ymunais ag un o'r therapyddion galwedigaethol hynny ar ymweliad cartref ym Mhenywaun, a chefais adborth mor gadarnhaol gan y person a oedd yn cael cymorth ynghylch sut roedd yr ymyriad wedi newid ei fywyd mewn gwirionedd. Felly, beth ellir ei wneud i sicrhau bod ardaloedd eraill, yng Nghwm Taf a thu hwnt, yn dysgu o'r math hwn o ddull? Ymwelais hefyd yn ddiweddar â'r ward rithwir arobryn yn Ysbyty Sant Ioan yn Aberdâr, sy'n enghraifft wych o ddull gweithredu amlddisgyblaethol. Ac mae'r math hwn o ddull gweithredu mor ddefnyddiol i gefnogi'r rhai sy'n byw gyda dementia, yn ogystal â llawer o gyflyrau eraill. Felly, beth all Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud er mwyn helpu i alluogi a chymell gwaith partneriaeth o'r fath mewn clystyrau meddygon teulu fel modd o helpu'r rheini sy'n byw gyda dementia i gael y gofal amlddisgyblaethol gorau posib? Ac yn olaf, ymwelais hefyd â Chartref Gofal Ysguborwen yn Llwydcoed i weld prosiect gwych a oedd yn cael ei ddarparu gan Ganolfan Gydweithredol Cymru, a oedd yn caniatáu i drigolion ddefnyddio technoleg fodern, megis iPads, sgriniau a llechi rhyngweithiol, er mwyn ymhel â diddordebau y bu ganddyn nhw drwy gydol eu hoes neu edrych ar hen luniau a oedd yn wir yn ail-fywiogi'r rhannau dwfn hynny o'r cof gan ddod â'r fath hapusrwydd iddyn nhw. Beth arall y gall Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud i annog cartrefi gofal i ddefnyddio manteision pwerus iawn technoleg fodern er mwyn helpu'r rhai sy'n byw gyda dementia i gynnal y gweithgareddau a'r diddordebau hynny sydd eisoes ganddyn nhw a all ychwanegu cymaint at ansawdd eu bywyd?