Yr hyn sydd wrth wraidd Rhaglen Gwella Bywydau Llywodraeth Cymru, a lansiwyd yn 2018, yw’r egwyddor sylfaenol bod gan unigolion ag anabledd dysgu yr hawl i gael bywyd boddhaus ac annibynnol gartref neu mor agos at adref â phosibl.  Pan fo angen gofal arbenigol dwys mewn ysbyty, dylai’r gofal hwnnw fod yn ddiogel, yn effeithiol ac o ansawdd uchel, gyda ffocws ar gefnogi’r unigolyn mewn modd sy’n ei alluogi i ddychwelyd adref cyn gynted â’i bod yn ddiogel iddo wneud hynny. Mae’r rhaglen yn nodi camau gweithredu penodol y dylai byrddau iechyd, gwasanaethau tai awdurdodau lleol, a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol eu cymryd. Yn aml, fe gymerir y camau hyn drwy weithio ar lefel byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol, a’r nod yw datblygu modelau cymorth sy’n integreiddio tai, iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, gan sicrhau bod lefel briodol o ddarpariaeth arbenigol ar gael i’r rheini sydd ag anghenion mwy cymhleth. Gwelwyd cynnydd ar draws Cymru, ac mae llawer o ardaloedd wedi cael cyllid gan Gronfa Trawsnewid Llywodraeth Cymru a ffrydiau cyfalaf a refeniw’r Gronfa Gofal Integredig i ail-strwythuro’r gwasanaethau presennol a datblygu dulliau gweithredu newydd ar gyfer darparu gofal integredig yn y gymuned.
At the heart of the Welsh Government’s Improving Lives programme, launched in 2018, is the fundamental premise that individuals with a learning disability have the right to lead fulfilling, independent lives at home or as close to home as possible. Where specialised intensive care is required in hospital, it should be safe, effective and high quality with a focus on supporting the individual to return home as soon as it is safe to do so.  There are specific actions in the programme for health boards, local authority housing and social services, often working at regional partnership board level, to develop integrated housing, health and social care models of support and ensure an appropriate level of specialist provision is available for those with more complex needs.  Progress is being made across Wales and many areas have made use of the Welsh Government’s Transformation Fund and the capital and revenue streams of the Integrated Care Fund to re-structure existing services and develop new approaches to integrated care at the community level.