Rotary Donates £400 to support work of Admiral Nurses on the island – June 2025

Dementia is a life limiting, progressive, neurodegenerative disease, for which there is no cure.  It is one of the major health problems facing health and social care services.

The Admiral Nurse Service is funded by the Forget Me Not charity and supported by both Hospice Isle of Man and Dementia UK (www.dementiauk.org)

The Admiral Nurse Service brings the expert specialist palliative care that has been developed for cancer patients, to all people with dementia and their families. 

The unique dementia expertise and experience an Admiral Nurse brings is a lifeline - it helps families live more positively with dementia in the present, and face the challenges of tomorrow with more confidence and less fear.

Admiral Nurses work with people with dementia, carers and relatives across the Isle of Man. They provide one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions to help those with dementia and their families .   This can be done via telephone, face to face visits and Admiral Nurse Clinics.

People living with dementia and their carers quite often don’t know which service or team is involved at what part of the dementia journey. Working together with the Older Person’s Mental Health team and the Alzheimer’s Society,  Admiral Nurses have created a pathway to help people navigate the dementia journey from diagnosis through to end of life and post bereavement.