Housing Adaptions
MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. It can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe. It kills a third of people within one year of diagnosis and more than half within two years. It affects people from all backgrounds. It has no cure. Due to the rapidly progressive nature of MND, people who are living with this disease are dependent of housing adaptations to live safely, with dignity and independence in their own homes. Can you please answer the following questions: Q1 - Have you implemented the non-means testing for small and medium housing adaptations under DFG applications? a) If not, why is this the case? Q2- Do you currently fast track people with MND for small and medium housing adaptations in your local authority? a) If yes, what is the process of doing this? b) If not, why is this the case? Q3 - Please provide the below information for people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) if available, and for all adaptations in not: Average Time for Disabled Facilities Grant Assessment: * The average time taken to complete the assessment of small-sized adaptations under the Disabled Facilities Grant in each of the past three years. * The average time taken to complete the assessment of medium-sized applications under the Disabled Facilities Grant in each of the past three years. * The shortest and longest assessment times recorded for small-sized adaptations under the Disabled Facilities Grant in each of the past three years. * The shortest and longest assessment times recorded for medium-sized adaptations under the Disabled Facilities Grant for in each of the past three years. Q4 - Average Time for Installation of Home Adaptations: * The average time taken from the approval of a small-sized Disabled Facilities Grant to the completion of the installation in each of the past three years. * The average time taken from the approval of a medium-sized Disabled Facilities Grant to the completion of the installation in each of the past three years. * The shortest and longest installation times recorded for small-sized * Disabled Facilities Grant applications in each of the past three years. * The shortest and longest installation times recorded for medium-sized Disabled Facilities Grant applications in each of the past three years. Q5 - Amount of Enable grant received from Welsh Government for each of the past three years. Q6 - Number of medium-sized adaptations funded by a Disabled Facilities Grant for each of the past three years. Q7 - Number of medium-sized adaptations funded by the Enable grant for each of the past three years.