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Support to live independently

Well Aware: activities and organisations
First Contact Bristol - Checklist for Over 50s
Older people's benefits
Live Well Bristol: Health and wellbeing
  • Short term help at home, reablement

    Reablement can help you adapt to a recent illness or disability by learning or relearning the skills you need to live independently at home.

  • Home adaptations and equipment

    The right adaptations or equipment can help you to carry on living independently at home.

  • Disabled adaptations

    How to apply for adaptations to your home, grants and financial help.

  • Help returning home after hospital

    How to get help after you leave hospital so that you can return to living in your own home.

  • Getting out and about

    If you find it difficult to get around, we can give you advice to help you stay a part of your community.

  • Occupational Therapy

    What occupational therapy is, how it can help, who can be referred and how.

  • Guide to Bristol Careline

    You can get support from Careline at any time using an alarm button and your telephone line.

  • Technology enabled care

    A range of assistive technology equipment that can help you to live independently and safely in your own home.

  • Bristol Community Meals

    What Bristol Community Meals is, types of food, wellbeing checks, how to get set up.

  • Moving between areas: continuity of care

    How to get care on the day you arrive in your new area when you move home.

  • Bristol Community Support Services

    We're changing the way that we provide Community Support Services (CSS) to adults with social care needs in the community or at home.

  • Sensory support service

    Housing related support and advice for deaf, blind and deafblind adults.

  • Strength and balance classes

    Staying Steady, a programme of strength and balance classes to help build strength.

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