Dr Nicola Abraham and Team Win at The National Dementia Care Awards

Congratulations to Dr Nicola Abraham and a team from the NHS’s Imperial Hospital Trust who, together with a cohort of Central students and alumni, have been recognised with the Outstanding Arts and Creativity in Dementia Care award at the 2019 National Dementia Care Awards.  The award was in recognition of the team’s intergenerational project work with the NHS and 4 schools in London. 

The intergenerational project, originally conceived by Nurse Consultant (Dementia) Jo James, aims to reduce agitation of patients on wards in order to allow for treatment to be administered, to improve wellbeing through intergenerational collaboration, and to provide moments of joy and discovery for all participants. The interventions designed by Dr Abraham are part of a bigger offer of multi arts projects at Imperial Hospital Trust, however Dr Abraham’s project is unique in that it uses process drama workshops to encourage intergenerational interaction, communication and play. 

The National Dementia Care Awards is an annual event organised by The Journal of Dementia Care, a multidisciplinary journal for all professional staff working with people with dementia, in hospitals, nursing and residential care homes, day units and the community.  The awards were created to recognise the very best people in the dementia care sector, whose exceptional work and contributions make better, person-centred care a reality.

Winners were announced on 7 November at a special ceremony held at Doncaster Racecourse.

Central Students and Alumni who worked alongside Dr Abraham, Dr Lotty Lance, Jo James and the team at Imperial include: 

Alexa Clarke (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Alison Green (MA Applied Theatre Student) 

Annabel Chadwick (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Claire Nicholson (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Charlie Tooke (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Charlotte Bell (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Chiara Racovi (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Chloe Phillips-Barlett (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Natasha Marks (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Emily Lafoy (MA Applied Theatre Student) 

Grace Kelly (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Alumna) 

Laura Barritt (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Lauren Norman-Mercer (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Lucy Smart (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Myrto Papoulia (MA Applied Theatre Alumna) 

Phoebe White (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Sian Gurney (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Thea Medland (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Evanne Asiedu (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Teo Dontu (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Cecilia Garcia (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student, Writing for Performance Pathway) 

Kelsey Gordon (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Indre Navickaite (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student) 

Ayesha Saad (BA Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Student)