Care & Repair is a Wales-wide charity working to
ensure that older people have homes that suit their
needs
The charity helps older people in Wales to repair, adapt and
maintain their homes, allowing them to live more independently
while reducing hospital admissions.
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, , recently visited the home of
Gillian Arnold, a Care & Repair client in Pontypool.
Gillian was admitted to hospital at the beginning of this year
and as a result, her home needed to be adapted.
Care & Repair fitted rails throughout Gillian's home,
ensuring that she could move around safely and return to her
beloved home.
The Cabinet Secretary said: “It was wonderful to meet with
Gillian to hear about her experience and see firsthand how Care
& Repair has helped her.
“These essential services not only help make homes safer to help
people return home sooner, but they also eliminate the stress and
worry involved with adapting your home.
“Smaller, more targeted services such as this can have real-life
impacts in our communities and I'd like to thank the staff at
Care & Repair for their hard work and dedication.
“It's so important that we continue to support more people living
independently in their homes safely and without fear of trips,
falls or readmission to hospital.”
Care & Repair Cymru has recently developed a new five-year
strategy that will help them achieve their aspiration to ‘help as
many older people as we can to live independently in safe, warm,
accessible homes'.
Chief Executive of Care & Repair Cymru, , said: “The new five-year
strategy comes at a critical time as we respond to the growing
needs of an ageing population amid the challenges of a
cost-of-living crisis. It underlines our ongoing commitment to
the wellbeing of older people, reducing hospital admissions,
tackling fuel poverty and easing the pressure on our health and
social services.
“Each year we support some 40,000 households, arranging
adaptations and repairs that improve health and wellbeing.
These changes to homes prevent accidents and illness and keep
older and disabled people out of hospital. Last year alone we
saved the Welsh NHS £24m through reducing hospital
admissions.
“We are thankful to the new Cabinet Secretary for her support so
that we can continue to grow our work of making sure older people
in Wales have homes that are fit for their needs.”
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Notes to editors
You can find out more about Gillian's story here - careandrepair.org.uk/care-repair-got-me-home/
Care & Repair - Rapid Response Adaptations Programme
(RRAP)
Care & Repair is core funded by Welsh Government with a £5m
Home Improvement Agency grant.
Care & Repair Agencies also receive in £3m capital grant
funding to provide Rapid Response Adaptations - these are small
adaptations which account for around two thirds of all
adaptations provided in Wales.
About Care & Repair in Wales
Care & Repair helps older people in Wales to repair, adapt
and maintain their homes.
We are a Wales-wide charitable movement, working to ensure that
older people have homes that are appropriate to their
needs.
We support over 40,000 households in Wales each year, preventing
thousands of hospital admissions and saving the Welsh NHS over
£24m annually.
Our vision is a Wales where all older people can live
independently in safe, warm, and accessible homes.
www.careandrepair.org.uk
