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MY CAMPAIGN for reform of social care is personal, because my father, a former member of the Welsh Parliament, or Senedd, Owen John Thomas, has advanced dementia and is a resident of a care home near the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.
That is why I am using the opportunity to make improvements through an individual member’s Bill this month in the Senedd. This article, I hope, will be the starting point for a conversation to reform the care assessment process to focus on personal care.
A report in March this year by the Alzheimer’s Society, A Future for Personal Care, outlines why there should be a requirement for assessors to be trained in dementia so that they have an understanding of dementia and how it can affect someone, including the impact on their mental capacity and their ability to communicate their needs.
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