Cardigan integrated care project makes progress
The Cardigan Stakeholder Board meeting (for the Cardigan integrated care project) was well attended once again. Jeremy Brown, Ceredigion County Director and also Project Director, welcomed new members of the Board, including representatives of the Aberteifi 50+ Forum and Cyngor Tref Aberteifi. Dee Colam, Interim Service Development Manager with Ceredigion Social Services Department gave a presentation on proposals for transforming older people’s services in Ceredigion. She said reasons for changing the way in which services are delivered are that current ways of working are outdated; there’s a need to provide better services at lower cost and to develop closer working relationships between health and social care; the older population is increasing, with people living longer and more people want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. The aims of this project, which is now about to enter the implementation phase, are to develop the following across Ceredigio...