Our Services

The Admiral Nurse service is a collaboration between Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and Dementia UK.

What is an Admiral Nurse?

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses. They provide life-changing support for families facing dementia, helping to prevent or manage complex issues. They can give tailored health advice and emotional support and help build links with other health and care professionals. For many families, they can be a lifeline.

Admiral Nurse dementia services 

Admiral Nurse service appointments and visits provide an opportunity to seek specialist advice, support, and clinical guidance, in confidence. Admiral Nurses have the skills, knowledge, and experience to support families where there are complex needs.

What are complex needs? 

Every family has its own experience of dementia, but here are some examples of complex needs that the Admiral Nurse can offer support with. 

• The person with dementia has been admitted to hospital in the past six months.
• The person is at high risk of needing to go into hospital because of their dementia.
• The carer is struggling to understand the diagnosis of dementia and how it affects the person.
• The carer is under significant stress and at risk of a breakdown.
• The carer needs support with managing challenging behaviour in the person with dementia.
• The family needs support with advance care planning.
• The person with dementia and their carer disagrees about the person’s care and treatment.
• The person with dementia is approaching the end of life.

This list is by no means exhaustive. Every family living with dementia has its own unique circumstances. Admiral Nurses take the time to truly listen to each family’s situation and suggest methods to deal with symptoms and coping strategies for the challenges dementia can bring.

When is the Admiral Nurse service available?

The service is available Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (excluding bank holidays).

Appointments and/or visits are typically available up until 3:30pm each day. 

Please note that we are not an urgent response service so we cannot accept urgent or same-day referrals.  We aim to respond as soon as possible however this may take longer than we would like due to increased demands.