English: Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The purpose of this debate is to trigger a conversation about how we can do more to care for our care homes in Wales. And I'd like to invite Jayne Bryant AM and Angela Burns AM to speak for a minute or so. Over 15,000 people aged 65 or over live in a care home. According to the state of the nation report launched yesterday, the average age at which an older person moves to a care home is nearly 83 years, and people tend to live in the home, on average, for around two years and four months. As you'll be aware, there are three broad categories of care homes in Wales: residential, nursing, and EMI - elderly mentally infirm. Now, unfortunately, when searching for a home of any type, sadly, too many negatives present. Now, Welsh Conservatives believe that safeguarding our residents is key and essential, and I know that none of us would stand by until this is actually implemented. I've raised concerns about care standards in Wales, but we must also - tonight's debate is about celebrating the good care and the need that we have to support our care homes. Anyway, rather than focus on non-compliance, I would like to use this opportunity to highlight some of the excellent work that is being undertaken. The need for this is apparent when considering that the number of care homes fell by 30 in less than three years, after the publication of 'The Care Home Market in Wales: Mapping the Sector' in 2015. As we know from Care Forum Wales, this forms part of a downward decline, as it has been estimated that 16 per cent of remaining homes will close in five years' time. So, supporting the care sector needs to rank high on the agenda. Having visited a number of care homes in Aberconwy, and across Wales, I have seen at first-hand some amazing services provided. It was magical for me dancing with an elderly resident to 'Singing in the Rain', and having an umbrella full of decorations on the ceiling within the main living room. And that was in an EMI home. I was also pleased to join with two ladies, just relaxing and chatting out in the sun, at a nursing home in Ynys Môn. And I can never forget singing, with a resident in another home, a duet - a very heartfelt duet that the lady had remembered from her childhood days, and I sang with her.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Pwrpas y ddadl hon yw sbarduno sgwrs ynglŷn â sut y gallwn wneud mwy i ofalu am ein cartrefi gofal yng Nghymru. A hoffwn wahodd Jayne Bryant AC ac Angela Burns AC i siarad am funud neu fwy. Mae dros 15,000 o bobl 65 oed a hŷn yn byw mewn cartref gofal. Yn ôl adroddiad cyflwr y genedl a lansiwyd ddoe, yr oedran cyfartalog pan fydd person hŷn yn symud i gartref gofal yw ychydig o dan 83 oed, ac mae pobl yn tueddu i fyw yn y cartref, ar gyfartaledd, am oddeutu dwy flynedd a phedwar mis. Fel y gwyddoch, ceir tri chategori bras o gartrefi gofal yng Nghymru: preswyl, nyrsio a henoed eiddil eu meddwl. Nawr, yn anffodus, wrth chwilio am gartref o unrhyw fath, ceir gormod o elfennau negyddol. Nawr, cred y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig fod diogelu ein preswylwyr yn allweddol ac yn hanfodol, ac rwy'n gwybod na fyddai'r un ohonom yn gorffwys hyd nes y gweithredir hyn mewn gwirionedd. Rwyf wedi mynegi pryderon am safonau gofal yng Nghymru, ond mae'n rhaid i ni hefyd - mae'r ddadl heno yn ymwneud â dathlu'r gofal da a'r angen inni gefnogi ein cartrefi gofal. Beth bynnag, yn hytrach na chanolbwyntio ar ddiffyg cydymffurfiaeth, hoffwn ddefnyddio'r cyfle hwn i dynnu sylw at rywfaint o'r gwaith rhagorol sy'n cael ei wneud. Mae'r angen am hyn yn amlwg wrth ystyried bod gostyngiad o 30 wedi bod yn nifer y cartrefi gofal mewn llai na thair blynedd, ar ôl cyhoeddi 'The Care Home Market in Wales: Mapping the Sector' yn 2015. Fel y gwyddom gan Fforwm Gofal Cymru, mae'n dynodi dirywiad, gan yr amcangyfrifwyd y bydd 16 y cant o'r cartrefi sy'n weddill yn cau ymhen pum mlynedd. Felly, mae angen gosod cefnogaeth i'r sector gofal yn uchel ar yr agenda. Ar ôl ymweld â nifer o gartrefi gofal yn Aberconwy, a ledled Cymru, rwyf wedi gweld yn uniongyrchol rai o'r gwasanaethau rhyfeddol a ddarperir. Roedd yn wych cael dawnsio gyda phreswylydd oedrannus i 'Singing in the Rain', a chael llond ymbarél o addurniadau ar y nenfwd yn y brif ystafell fyw. Ac roedd hynny mewn cartref i henoed eiddil eu meddwl. Roeddwn hefyd yn falch o ymuno â dwy ddynes a oedd yn ymlacio ac yn sgwrsio yn yr haul mewn cartref nyrsio ar Ynys Môn. Ac ni allaf fyth anghofio canu deuawd gyda phreswylydd mewn cartref arall - deuawd o'r galon yr oedd y ddynes wedi'i chofio o ddyddiau ei phlentyndod, a minnau'n canu gyda hi.