Elderly and Care Services
The Family Practice was amongst the first practices in the UK to set up a patients’ association 30 years ago.
The association continues to organise three very useful practice services:
- The Volunteer Driver Scheme - this scheme helps people who have difficulty accessing public transport, it exists solely on the back of goodwill and donations.
- The Monday Lunch Club - mainly targeted at the isolated elderly, the Monday Lunch club enables patients to meet and socialise with each other over soup and sandwiches. Transport is provided. Please contact the Practice Manager for further details or to contribute to this service.
- RSVP – Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme is a volunteering programme that specialises in engaging volunteers aged 50+ to become active in their community. Volunteers can offer companionship to the lonely and isolated patients at our surgery. They can offer company, run small errands and engage the patient in suitable activity’s in the local neighbourhood.
Support for carers
A carer is someone who looks after a partner, relative or friend to help them to stay living at home.
As a carer you could get help so that you can look after your own wellbeing while caring for someone else.
Find out more about support for carers in Bristol
Dementia UK
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.
Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.
The Silver Line
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Cinnamon Trust
Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.
Self Help Resources
- Asthma Action Plan
- Bereavement
- Carers
- Drink Less
- Elderly and Care Services
- getUBetter App
- HANDi Paediatric App
- Live Well Advice
- Maternity and Parenting
- Medication Sick Day Guidance
- Medications for Self Care
- Meningitis
- Mental Health
- NHS App
- NHS Health Check
- NHS Symptom Checker
- Pharmacy First
- PSA Testing Advice
- Quit Smoking
- Sleep Support
- Stroke Services
- Veteran Support
- Winter Health
- Women's Health
Health Check Calculators
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