Admiral Nurses are mental health nurses that specialise in
supporting carers of people with dementia. They work with family
carers and people with dementia in the community and other
settings.
Working collaboratively with other professionals, Admiral Nurses
seek to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and
their carers, using a range of interventions to help people live
positively with the condition and develop skills to improve
communication and maintain relationships.
Established as a result of the experiences of family carers,
Admiral Nurses are named after Joseph Levy, who had vascular
dementia and was known as Admiral Joe because of his keen interest
in sailing.
September 2010 marked the tenth anniversary of Manchester's
Admiral Nurse Service, which specialises in supporting carers
of people with dementia.
To celebrate the milestone staff, service users and
carers worked together to produce a
booklet featuring the writing of people who had used the
service over the years and wanted to share their experience.
The result is a moving testimony to the great work
that Manchester's Admiral Nurses have done over the past ten
years and continue to do today.
In his foreword to the booklet newsreader John Suchet, whose
wife was diagnosed with Dementia, writes: "My Admiral Nurse
quite literally saved my life. Every Dementia carer should have
access to an Admiral Nurse."
The booklet is available
here.
Admiral Nurses offer individualised support for family carers
and people with dementia, including a comprehensive assessment of
their needs and provision of a range of therapeutic approaches
designed to promote emotional wellbeing and equip family carers
with skills and information.
They also:
- Provide information and practical advice for family carers
on
different aspects of caring for a relative or friend with
dementia
- Work with families at the point of diagnosis and throughout
the
caring journey, providing emotional and psychological support
and
guidance about accessing services
- Help family carers and people with dementia to develop
and
improve skills to assist with care-giving and to promote
positive
approaches to living with dementia
- Work collaboratively with other professionals and
organisations
to facilitate co-ordinated care provision
- Work with family carers to enable them to express their
wishes
and views about the services they receive
The nurses also provide teaching to those working with people
with dementia to enhance their knowledge and skills.
Admiral Nurses work in partnership with other colleagues to
support family carers of people with dementia. Admiral Nurses may
visit carers at their homes. A variety of different support groups
run each month around the city. For more information on support
groups available please contact the service direct on 0161 901
7411
The team also run ad hoc carer workshops and post
diagnostic counselling programmes plus provide training around
dementia issues and end of life care.
Our award winning Admiral Nurse
Team
Contact details
Telephone: 0161 901 7411
Address:
Admiral Nurse service
Cedars Ward
Edale House
Central Manchester Hospitals site
M13 9WL
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Opening hours:
8.30am to 12pm