Live-in care in Kingswood

South Gloucestershire. Kingswood has Bristol postcodes, but adult social care and council tax are run by South Gloucestershire Council, not Bristol City Council. To ask for a care needs assessment, call 01454 868007 (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm), email CSODesk@southglos.gov.uk or apply online through a council account. The council aims to respond within 5 working days where possible. In person, the Kingswood One Stop Shop at the Civic Centre on the High Street is open weekdays, 9am to 4.30pm.

No. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust says there is no emergency department at Cossham Hospital on Lodge Road. The nearest A&E departments are at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in the city centre and Southmead Hospital in north Bristol. For an injury less than two weeks old, Sirona's Yate Minor Injury Unit is open 8am to 8pm every day, and NHS 111 can advise. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999.

Start with the GP, who can refer to the South Gloucestershire Memory Service, run by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust at Kingswood Civic Centre on the High Street (0117 378 4670), for a specialist assessment. Age UK South Gloucestershire's activity day centre at Warmley on Thursdays can include people with dementia (01454 411 707). Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Support South Gloucestershire gives personalised help and advice to people with dementia and their carers (0117 961 0693, weekdays). Its Singing for the Brain group meets at Kingswood Community Centre, The Arch, High Street, on Wednesdays, 10.30am to 11.45am, and its dementia café at Longwell Green Community Centre, Shellards Road, on the first Monday of the month, 2pm to 3.30pm; both are for people with dementia and their carers.

South Gloucestershire Council's Rapid Response team gives emergency personal care at home in an urgent care crisis, every day of the year. Its line, 01454 615047, is open 8am to 10.15pm, and the council says the service is chargeable after the first 72 hours. Outside those hours, the Emergency Duty Team on 01454 615165 covers nights, weekends and bank holidays. If someone is seriously ill or injured, call 999.

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Kingswood, the same as everywhere in England, for one person with a carer who rests at night. That includes our care team's management (the assessment, care plan, reviews, supervision and the on-call manager) and the carer's food; break cover and the carer's travel are extra. For a couple it is from £1,800 a week, where one carer can safely meet both partners' needs. You receive a written quote after a free assessment.

Yes, if the person's care needs meet the national eligibility criteria and their savings are below £23,250 (2026/27). Adult social care in Kingswood is arranged by South Gloucestershire Council. Ask for a care needs assessment; if you are eligible, council funding can usually be taken as a direct payment and used for live-in care from us.

It can. Tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the ward's discharge team on when live-in care can start. We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of the assessment, depending on carer availability, and we confirm the start date once a carer is arranged. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014.