The daughter of a terminally ill man wants him moved out of his council accommodation in Bristol after it was "downgraded" from sheltered housing.

Lizzy Tucker believes her 77-year-old dad Ronald Stone, a former builder from Avonmouth, is not getting the care he needs at his one-bedroom flat in Antona Court, off West Town Road, in Shirehampton.

She claims she was not informed by Bristol City Council when the accommodation had been changed from sheltered housing, with a warden, to "elderly preferred accommodation" last year and only found out last month.

However, the council said tenants at Antona Court were made aware of the changes and were given the chance to apply to move to other sheltered accommodation in the city.

Elderly preferred accommodation is offered to tenants over 50 but younger people, including tenants' adult children and tenants' partners, can also live there.

The council said Mr Stone was given priority for a move to other sheltered accommodation when the authority notified tenants about the changes in summer 2008.

Hairdresser Ms Tucker, who lives in Portishead and has power of attorney over her father, said he needs the care provided in sheltered accommodation because he has terminal cancer and a history of serious heart problems.

She said her father was receiving daily warden checks through an intercom system in his flat. But she said the checks eventually became infrequent before they eventually stopped.

Ms Tucker has been told she has missed her chance to get her father moved to sheltered accommodation as a priority and now has to join a waiting list.

She said: "The bottom line is that a dying man has been left in accommodation which is not suitable for him and he hasn't been moved.

"If we had known the status of the accommodation was being changed we could have made moves to get him settled somewhere where he can die."

City council spokesman Pete Wood said Mr Stone had never requested warden checks at his property or a move to different accommodation.

He said: "We have revisited this issue with Mr Stone on numerous occasions but he is insistent that he does not wish to change his mind.

"We were not made aware by either Mr Stone or his daughter of a heart attack in October 2008. Had we been informed we would of course have offered support.

"While we appreciate his daughter's concerns we cannot require a resident to receive checks they do not wish to have. However, he is connected to the emergency control centre through a pull cord in every room in his flat and can summon help at any time.

"He was, along with all other residents in Antona Court, offered priority on the waiting list for a place in a sheltered housing scheme elsewhere when Antona Court became elderly preferred accommodation. That offer was open for a year but wasn't taken up.

"Mr Stone and his daughter are very welcome to get in touch with us if they wish to discuss putting support in place."