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Making improvements for carers in Gwent
Carers need more support
12:31pm Thursday 1st September 2011
By Andy Rutherford – Health correspondent »
THE focus and attention given to the needs of carers by the NHS in Gwent is “patchy and sporadic” and improvements are being planned to meet the demands of new Wales-wide regulations.
The numbers of carers across Gwent runs into the tens of thousands – there are believed to be 15,000 in Newport alone – and more pertinently, there are predicted to be large increases in carers aged 65 and over during the next 20 years.
Elderly carer numbers are expected to rise by almost a third (31 per cent) in Gwent by 2030, though this could vary between 26 per cent (in Newport) and 37 per cent (in Monmouthshire).
State-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year
Joy as £6m care site takes shape
WORK on a long-awaited state-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year.
Grwp Gwalia’s new nursing care home on land to the rear of the existing Mynydd Mawr Hospital in Upper Tumble looks on track to be completed by the end of 2012.
A spokeswoman for Gwalia — the care and housing provider — said: “Since March the foundations and other groundworks have been completed and the building’s footprint is now starting to take shape.
Wales ‘behind’ on independence for disabled people
24 May 2011 Last updated at 16:33
Wales trails the UK in helping disabled people to live independently in the community, says a charity.
Disability Wales told a Westminster inquiry that the lack of a Welsh strategy on independent living disadvantages disabled people.
The inquiry is discussing whether changes to the law are needed.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said that improving services for disabled people across Wales remained a priority.
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