Admiral Nurse Referral Form
The criteria below must ALWAYS be met:
- The family/carer must be providing care and support for a person living with a formal diagnosis of Dementia, recorded on EMIS/Clinical Web Portal (or other GP system).
- Both family/ carer and person living with Dementia must live in one of the Black Country Boroughs (i.e. Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall & Dudley) and/or have a registered GP within one of the Black Country Boroughs.
- The family/carer needs cannot be met by other Dementia Partner services (i.e. Dementia Navigators, Carers Support and Education programmes)
One of the following criteria must also be met:
- The family/carer are struggling to cope with managing risks & challenging needs, or the presentation of the person with Dementia.
- The family/carer feel unable to cope with caring due to feeling of loss, guilt, stress and/or depression.
- The family/carer are neglecting their own physical/ mental health needs due to their caring role.
- The family/carer need support with psychological interventions to help them adjust and develop skills to support complex needs/behavior’s, particularly around periods of transition.
- Conflict has arisen, which is affecting the family/carer ability to meet the person’s needs.
- The family/carer require support recognizing/ adjusting/ coping with End of life. The carer needs advice around Advance Care Planning and future planning.
Any armed forces history or are a beneficiary to be referred to Royal British Legion Admiral Nurses