Community Therapy (Including Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy - Domicillary)

What does this service do?

This is a service which provides Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy at a person's place of residence. This may be their home, a nursing home or other types of accommodation.

We help patients to rehabilitate and find self management strategies in order to overcome the physical, psychological and social problems caused by ill health.

We do this by helping patients (and their carers) to engage in education, exercise, by providing equipment and using other therapy techniques.

Members of the team include:

Occupational Therapists
Physiotherapists
Rehabilitation Assistants

Who is this service for?

This service is for adults with a Bristol GP who are unable to leave their homes. This predominantly means older people who require assistance in managing the effect of their long term conditions. But it extends to any adult who would be unable to attend an outpatient physiotherapy appointment for health reasons. For example:

People who are having difficulty walking.
People who are having difficulty completing their activities of daily living, such as washing and dressing.
Patients who have had a fall and require a multi-factorial assessment and intervention. Please see the falls in older people page for more information.
Rehabilitation programmes for people that have broken a bone (this includes people that have had joint replacement surgery such as a hip replacement) and people who have been in hospital and suffered deterioration in their walking or function.
Managment of long term conditions such as arthritis.
Advice to carers e.g. manual handling.
Pressure care advice involving seating or postural management.