Wrexham is to receive £155,000 of Welsh Government Care and Repair funding, which will ‘directly improve’ lives of older, disabled and vulnerable people in Wrexham, says town AM Lesley Griffiths.
The money comes as part of an award of a £4.67m funding boost for Care & Repair services across Wales, announced this week by Welsh Minister for Housing Regeneration and Heritage, Huw Lewis.
The Care & Repair offers a range of services to help older people to adapt their homes and enable them to continue living in them both comfortably and independently.
Research has shown that every pound spent on Care & Repair saves the tax payer another £7.50 in NHS and Social Care costs, at the same time as helping older people remain in their communities and away from hospitals and costly residential care.
In 2010/11 Care & Repair Agencies in Wales helped 27,568 older people in Wales and funnelled £12,119,900 into the repair, improvement and adaptation of older people’s homes.
Of the announcement, AM Lesley Griffiths said:
“The Welsh Government is showing its continued commitment to Care & Repair with this funding.
“The £155,000 Wrexham Council are to receive will enable more adaptions to take place, which will directly improve lives here in Wrexham.”
“Most older people would prefer to continue living in their own homes and almost a quarter of Care & Repair recipients say they would not have been able to stay on in their homes without it.
“Care & Repair keeps people out of hospital, away from social services and residential homes. The service really is win-win; saving the taxpayer money, and improving the quality of older people’s lives at the same time.”
