Winners announced for Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2015

The winners from the six categories of this year’s Scotland’s Dementia Award have been announced at an awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel Glasgow.

The awards, a partnership between Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland, NHS Health Scotland and the SSSC, received over 90 applications and were announced in celebration of World Alzheimer’s Day.

The winners for the six award categories are:

• Best community support initiative: ‘Fit for Life’ – NHS Lothian
• Runners up: Alzheimer Scotland Renfrewshire – Flexible Community Support (Alzheimer Scotland Renfrewshire Service)
• Harris Community Musical Memories (Harris Community Dementia Group)
• Best acute care initiative: Knowing Me, Knowing You – Mental Health Services Older People’s Care, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Runners up: Scotland’s National Dementia Champions Training Team (University of the West of Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland)
• Activity Club for patients at Wishaw General Hospital (NHS Lanarkshire)
• Best dementia friendly community initiative: Lanarkshire Mosque and Muslim Community Project – Alzheimer Scotland       
  
• Runners up: Dementia Friendly Edinburgh (Edinburgh Dementia Delivery Group)
• Dundee Dementia Library (Dundee Library and Information Service, Leisure and Culture Dundee) 
   
• Best educational initiative: Edinburgh Dementia Training Partnership – City of Edinburgh Council
• Runners up: Becoming a Dementia Informed Organisation (Angus Council Assessment Centre)
• School of Health Sciences (University of Stirling)   
• Best innovation in continuing care: Namaste Care implementation in Renfrewshire – East Ward, Dykebar Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Runners up: Remi Sing (Bupa)
• Seaside Sensory Experience (Dundonald House)
• Most innovative partnership: Arky’s Resident Nail Bar – Arkleston Primary School, Renfrewshire
• Runners up: North West Edinburgh Section 17c Dementia Programme (North West Edinburgh Section 17c Dementia Management Group)
• “Rabbit stew, anyone?” (NHS Highland)

Scotland’s Dementia Awards celebrate the work of both professionals and community groups who are committed to helping people with dementia and their families. The awards showcase the creativity, innovation and dedication that make a real difference to the daily lives of people with dementia and their families across Scotland when organisations, groups and teams work together.

In addition, Nancy McAdam was recognised with the event’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Nancy McAdam lives on her own, on a remote croft, 27 miles from Inverness. She was diagnosed with vascular dementia in September 2003 at the age of 58. In 2004, Nancy and another person with dementia became the founder members of the Inverness Dementia Memory Group – the first Highland Involvement Group of People with a diagnosis of dementia. Since 2005, Nancy has volunteered on local and national awareness-raising, campaigning and service improvement – including speaking at and taking part in conferences and volunteering for local and national media opportunities on dementia issues.

To find out more, visit www.ScotlandsDementiaAwards.org.uk