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rove care services across Wales.

20. Furthermore, the Welsh Government should explore innovative models of care provision for LGBT older people by continuing to work with Disability Wales to develop cooperative models for people receiving direct payments, and exploring the potential of sheltered accommodation provision for LGBT people. These provisions recognise the close connections between of the need for care and support and the need for community and social interaction and are often identified by LGBT older people as options that would alleviate their concerns about receiving care.

21. Social groups provide an important opportunity for people to socialise and make friends in the community. Welsh Government should continue to work with local authorities and third-sector organisations to ensure a range of opportunities to socialise remain available to older people across Wales.

22. For many LGBT people, it is important to find community with other people who are LGBT and who might share experiences with them. It is particularly important therefore that social groups and community organisations for LGBT people that are accessible to older people are supported.

23. Stonewall Cymru’s Information Service serves as a database for these groups across Wales, and should be signposted as a resource to those who run groups, as well as to those who work in professional roles across social services and wellbeing so they can inform people experiencing loneliness of the opportunities available in their area.