Adult care services A-Z

These are adult social care services, listed A-Z.
You may also want to read an adult social care leaflet.

Want to contact us to find out if you can get support? Use the self-referral form.
Need another way to get in touch? Go to Care Direct.

A

• Aids and adaptations
• Abuse of adults
• Advice and information
• Advocacy
• Alarm systems
• Assessments
• Assistive technology

B

• Blindness and visual impairment
• Blue badges
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Bus passes - concessionary travel

C

• Care Direct - Adult Care Services duty desk
• Carers
• Charges for services
• Care homes
• Complaints
• Contact us

D

• Day centres and services
• Deaf and DeafBlind people
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Digital TV switchover help
• Direct payments
• Disabilities
• Disability registration
• Doctors and hospitals
• Drugs and alcohol services

E

• Eligibility for help

F, G

• Fair access to care services - how we work out if we can help you
• Guardianship - Mental Health Act

H, I

• Hearing problems
• HIV/AIDS
• Home care
• Home adaptations
• Hospital, help after leaving
• Housing Related Support
• Intermediate care

J, K, L

• Jigsaw Cafes
• Keep warm, keep well
• Leaflets
• Learning difficulties
• LinkAge

M

• Meals service
• Mental Capacity Act
• Mental health
• Mobility (aids and adaptations)

N, O

• No Secrets in Bristol
• Occupational therapy
• Older people

P

• Parking permits for disabled people
• Personalisation of Social Care 
• Putting People First in Bristol

R, S, T

• Residential homes
• Respite care
• Safeguarding adults
• Self-directed support
• Sensory impairment
• Supporting People
• Telecare
• Training courses - for care providers

V, W

• Very Sheltered Housing
• Visual impairment
• Vulnerable adults