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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh Economy
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Debate: Human Rights
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Debate: Human Rights
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, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
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, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Yes. We believe that care should be available free at the point of need and that those who can pay, and are reasonably able to pay, can contribute to that. Where we have more concerns is whether financial assessments and people's understanding of the process…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
I mean the overall funding model in terms of care, and we've obviously spent some time talking about the Welsh landscape and architecture. So, it's just really a comment from Age Cymru in that regard.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Okay. So, to summarise, if I can understand that: you would think they would be better aligned in terms of that variation and, obviously, without putting off earlier intervention in terms of care in the community. And my final question, then, really, is more…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
That's interesting, nonetheless. I'm going to ask in terms, then, of the disparity between charges for care in the community that service users pay compared to the contributions for a care home placement. I mean, what's your perspective in terms of the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
So, what do you think it is, from your sort of perspective? You've highlighted to us this disconnect, and it does seem very unfair to the service user, family and friends that this top-up continues to grow. I mean, what do you think it reflects, from your…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
With regard, then, to those variations in terms of weekly placement costs, what does Age Cymru see as perhaps the reasoning for those differences in unit costs, particularly around weekly placement costs? And do you feel that there is any justification for…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Thank you. My question further to that is: out of all of the complications and difficulties and tensions that you have outlined to us this morning, do you feel that a unified health and social care service under one roof might help to address these…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
You see a lot of scope, then, in terms of simplification, and you've mentioned the vehicle of the Supporting People package previously, retrospectively. So, you see there's a lot of scope there in terms of simplification so that the service user has that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Thank you for that last answer, that was interesting. In regard, then, to potential division or division throughout the public sector partners working within the care sector, how do you feel that the public sector funding's current approach could be made…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Chair, yes, I am. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Right, okay. Hang on, two seconds. Could you go to the next question, Chair, because I—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 2
Thank you, Chair. I've got later questions down for myself, 10 and 12.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 1
Thank you, Chair. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 1
Thank you for that. In regard to the expert panel that you are sitting on, I do hope that there is note being taken of the intermediate rehabilitative care for dementia sufferers in Sweden—and Scandinavia, as an aside—because it is absolutely fantastic. What…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 1
Thank you. I'm not going to ask you whether there is a place for profit. You've mentioned thematically 22 and seven different funding arrangements throughout the commentary this morning, and it's been very interesting. Regarding your comments around capacity…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 1
Thank you for those comments. In regard to the need for addressing the systemic issues around sustainability, around workforce pressures, and then COVID, how do you think in regard to the response from providers that they are going to anticipate meeting the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence Session 1
Thank you, Chair. What is your assessment of the overall sustainability and quality of care within the care homes market?
