The Social Care Minister says he hopes a now closed residential home can still be used to provide care in the community.
Glenside shut its doors for the final time this week after several decades caring for the elderly.
Residents have been transferred to other facilities with most staff members either redeployed or retiring.
Chris Robertshaw insists all residents are now in much improved complexes.
'Possibly the most prolific drug dealer the island has seen' sentenced
'He was a career drug dealer who believed that he would not be caught'
Ramsey MHK resigns from departmental posts
Leader of the Liberal Vannin party is encouraging people to join a political party
Analysis: Could the next Budget leave you with more take-home pay?
Treasury modelling and recent remarks in Tynwald offer clues about a potential rise in the personal tax allowance
Jail for mother who violently shook her infant son
Boy 'has sustained life changing injuries and will always require specialist medical care'