THE DEMENTIA CARE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The Inaugural Dementia Care Awards 2024 Finalists Announced
The Dementia Care Employer Award (Community)
Adicare
Blossom Home Care
CCS Homecare Services Ltd.
Chosen Care Group Limited
Fuchsia Homecare Colchester
Home Instead Milton Keynes
Home Instead Newport & Monmouthshire
Home Instead Wirral/Chester/Liverpool South
My Care at Home
The Good Care Group
Unity Homes Limited
Visiting Angels
Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
The Dementia Care Employer Award (Residential)
Care UK
Castlemeadow Care
Cherryfield House
Langdale Care Homes
Hayes Cottage Nursing Home, Serencroft
PJ Care
Porthaven
RMBI Care Co.
Swallowcourt
Tantallon House Care Home, Morar Living
The Dementia Friendly Community Project Award
Tamara Batchelor, Trust Links
Tanya Bogle, Alzheimers Society
Jude Coveney, Chartwell House by Boutique Care Homes
Fiona and Nick Harrall, Home Instead St Albans
Robbie Jones and Joanne Hendry, Home Instead Darlington & Northallerton
Bridget Light, Home Instead Lichfield Tamworth and North Warks
The Team, Age UK, North, South, West Dorset
Dawn Reynolds, Adicare
Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis, Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis
Richmond Villages Wood Norton, Richmond Villages Wood Norton
Sheffield Memory Hub, Sheffield Memory Hub
Joanne Thorne, Home Instead – Clacton, Frinton and Walton
The Dementia Care Home Worker Award
Matilda Boswell, Maria Mallaban
Devina Crane and Susan Rule, Hargrave House: AgeCare Care Homes
Truda Evans-Jarrett, Nicholas James Care Home, Walmer Care Centre
Louise Gibson, Barchester Healthcare
Guy Gibson, Solehawk
Maisy Hall, Bondcare
Lisa Hammond, Redlands House
Noel Joy, Future Care Group
Hollie Lavendar, Loveday & Co
Isha Olvin, Regal Care Trading Ltd: Park Beck Care Home
Eugen Popescu, Greensleeves Care
Linsey Rhodes, Woodview Care Home
Angela Sandhu, Field Bay, Heithfield Lodge
Sonny Silang, Woodley Grange Care Home
Yvonne Sterling, Solehawk
Katie Whittington, Care UK, Llys Cyncoed
The Dementia Frontline Leader Award
Julie Adams, Affinity Care Consortium Ltd- Coundon Manor
Kirsty Jones, Wisteria House Plymstock
Shelley Lupu, Regal Care Trading Ltd, The Hollies Rest Home
Sharon Matimba, Medow Care Services Ltd
Charis Morley, Surecare
Leanne O’Neil, Macc Care Group
Dominica Pearce, Woodview Care Home
Sonia Pintea, Millway House: AgeCare Care Homes
Kimberley Sproston, Aceso Homecare
Joanne Tabaczynska, Mavern House Nursing Home
Chloe Thatcher, Aura Care Living Ltd
Hayley Williams, Buckland Care
The Dementia Registered Manager Award (Community)
Joanne Chamberlain, Home Instead Newport & Monmouthshire
Virginia Cheetham, Caremark Farnborough
Terri Hallinan, Coventry City Council
Sangita Maharjan, Chosen Care Group Limited
Adriana Mendonca, Right at Home GF
Paschalina Pazou, Home Instead Wembley
Alena Petrie, Unity Homes Ltd
Bryony Segger, South Warwickshire Memory Assessment and Community Dementia Service
Emma Wise, Fuchsia Homecare Colchester
The Dementia Registered Manager Award (Residential)
Delia Abaza, Alban Manor Nursing Home
Nathan Burton, Quantum Care
Jennifer Daly, Buckland Care, Hartwell Lodge
Simon Doherty, RMBI Care Co.
Josi George, Permacare Limited
Mel Goodjohn, Royal British Legion
Karen Hall, Cumbernauld Care Home
Jana Krapkova, Avery Health Care
Alex Morton, The Old Rectory Nursing Home (Doncaster) Limited
Sue Ann Nnamani, Priscilla Wakefield House
Nichola Waters, Porthaven
Sue Watson, HC-One
Christian Whiteley-Mason, Strong Life Care
The Dementia Care Team Award
Baily House Care Home, Welford Healthcare Ltd
Kriti Gandharba and Mary Jean Calotes, Abbots Care
Cherryfield House – Care Team, Serencroft
Compton View Residential Care Home, Compton View Residential Care Home
Clare Gurney and Georgina Eissenhigh, The Lodge Health Partnership
Eunice and Care Team, Runwood
Home Instead Chesterfield Care Team, Home Instead Chesterfield
Home Instead Portsmouth, Home Instead Portsmouth
Redlands House Team, Redlands House
The Alive/BRI Sanctuary Square Team, Alive Activities and Bristol Royal Infirmary
The Nursing Team, The Old Rectory Nursing Home (Doncaster) Limited
Sally Martin,Paul Hesketh, Daniel Shaw ,Nicky Sweeby, Tracey Ford, Dawn Halliday, Oaks Way Seniors Centre
The Intergenerational Activity Award
Brampton Manor, Boutique Care Homes
Crafting Connections, Crafting Connections
CHD Living and Adopt A Grandparent, CHD Living
Langdale House Care Home, Langdale House
Living Lives Together – Artist in Focus, The Nursery in Belong
Amy Lock & Susan Middlemiss, The Linking Network
Oaklands Rest Home, Oaklands Rest Home
Carol Pallister, Clifton Homecare Limited
Emma Quaeck, Dementia Actif Gwynedd – Gwynedd Council
The Team, Honey Lane Care Home
Teesside Dementia Link Services, Teesside Dementia Link Services
Amanda Wrigley, Live The Beat
The Activity Coordinator Award
Carl Case, Cultural Appropriate Resources
Dorothy Cash, Loveday Abbey Road
Cliff Cropley, Royal British Legion
Naomi Daglish, Advinia Healthcare
Karen Grant A’Court., Upton Bay Care Home
Laura Hodgson, The Rainbow Care Group Leeds
Holga Hoy, Milford Care, Buddleia House
Sarah Jones, Unity Homes
Errin Lunney, Morar Living – Hatfield Manor Care Home
Lisa Nixon, East Cheshire NHS Trust
Suzi Kavanagh, Saint John of God Hospitaller
Jacquline Smith, Sandstone Care Group
Hannah Tomlin, Walfinch Oxfordshire
Ying Yee (Sam), Mercia Grange CareUK
The Outreach Award
Diane Beckett, Serencroft, Cherryfield House
Emily Carpenter, Complete Care Recruitment Ltd
Helen Croft and the Mental Health Liaison Team, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHCFT)
Caroline Ellis, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Kirsty Ford, The Burlington by Boutique Care Homes
Kerry Lyons and Melissa Grundy, Dementia UK
Home Instead Portsmouth, Home Instead Portsmouth
Julie Ponton, My Care at Home
Songs & Smiles, The Together Project CIO
Hannah Tomlin, Walfinch Oxfordshire
Lesley Tart, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Hannah Say and Katherine Witter, Say it with a Smile
The Outreach Team, Younger People with Dementia CIO
The Dementia Trainer & Workforce Development Award
Caroline Baker, Belong ltd
Laura Ball, HC-One
Lynsey Beesley, Swallowcourt
Alan Boulter, Hanning Homes
Magdalena Chmielewska, Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
Lisa Goodman, Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland
Julian Hallett,Down’s Syndrome Association
Lesley Hellon, Alzheimer Scotland West Highland
The Team, Rowcroft Hospice
Wirral/Chester/Liverpool South Home Instead Training Team, Home Instead Wirral
Tim Howell, Home Instead UK
Steven Keen, Danforth Care
Team, Apples and Honey Nightingale Education and Training
Team, Comfort Care Services (UK) Ltd.
The Innovative Spaces Within Residential Care: Design Award
Denise Arthur – Briskham, The Links – Bupa Care Services
Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme & Belong Heritage Gallery, Belong Villages
The Team, Claremont Court Care Home
Cranford Grange, Care UK, Cranford Grange
Richard Key, Ebury Court Home Care
Knowl Park House, Frank Shaw Associates
Jenny Robertson, Morar Living
Ladden View, Care UK
Lister Floor, Royal Star & Garter, Surbiton, Royal Star & Garter
Team, Comfort Care Services (UK) Ltd.
The Dementia’s Hero Award
Helen Wilkinson, Kara Healthcare – Croft Dene Care Home
Emma Burton, Adicare
Stephen Clarke, Bondcare
Tamsin Hudson, Bluebird Care
Phoebe James, Plane Tree Court Nursing Home
Janet Leech, The Rainbow Care Group
Upasana Pandit, Magicare Ltd
Bipin Patel, Avid care Ltd
Kim Potter, PJ Care Ltd
Sue Quantrill, Norwich City Community Sports Foundation
Chris Stone, Woodstock Care Home ltd
Julie Twyman, Avondale Care
The Dementia Friendly Business Award
Sarah Cox, Independent
Gemma Davies, Plane Tree Court Nursing Home
Laura Ford, Castlemeadow Care
Hampton by Hilton Hotel, Hampton by Hilton Hotel
Home Instead Charnwood, Home Instead Charnwood
Home Instead Durham, Home Instead Durham
Ameet Kotecha, Boutique Care Homes
Mike Lindley, Strong Life Care
Janice Moth, It Socks to be Lonely Sometimes Limited / The Glamour Club
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Stockton Borough Council
The Team at Each Other Care, Each Other Care
ZooLab UK, ZooLab UK
The Dementia Community Care Worker Award
Bridget Cook, Komplex Care
Daleen Diessie, Bluebird Care Stamford & Rutland
Hoor Fatima, Eleanor Nursing and Social Care Ltd
Kadijatu Koroma, Bluebird Care Reading & Wokingham
Edyta Kulig, Radfield Wakefield
Gwyneth Mellars, Unique Homecare
Chipo Mutekedza, Adicare
Jamie Rogers, Belong Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Kim Sharratt, Home Instead Chesterfield
Julie Smith, Derbyshire Community Health Service
Treasa Sweeney, Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
Kate Szary, Haverhill Community Care
Joanne Taylor, Delta Care LTD
Deborah Tomlinson, The Good Care Group
The Inspiring Volunteer Award
Age UK Teesside, Age UK Teesside
Denise Bishop, Isle Court Nursing Home
Martin Eagle, Norwich City Community Sports Foundation
Ronnie Moulton, Duncan Club
Krisna Patel, Home Instead Croydon
Violet, Regal Care Trading Ltd
The Sankofa Songsters Volunteer Team, Charity – Ready Generations
Brian Tyndal, Each Other Care
Irfana Zargar, Eva Safety Door
The Dementia Nurse Award
Olanrewaju Larry Adegbite, Barchester Healthcare Limited
Sonya Bennett, Affinity Care Consortium Ltd- Coundon Manor
Colette Bonner and Michelle Martel, States of Guernsey
Ridel Francisco, Lyndehouse Care Home – Barchester Healthcare Ltd
Maxine Grant, Central Manchester Later Life Team
Christopher Irorita, Aria Healthcare Group Ltd
Valentin Lepadatu, Loveday
Yemi Umaigba, PJ Care
Tracey Pillier, Bondcare
Debbie Taylor-Smith, Barnsley Hospice
Gabriela Vasile, Ridley Manor, Care UK
The Creative Nutrition Award
Matthew Dodge, Loveday
Alain Fadonougbo, Upton Bay Care Home
Nick Georgiou, Mildenhall Lodge, Care UK
Liam Goddard, Buckland Care
Gloria Inns and Sandra Cosgrove, Regal Care Trading Ltd
Billy Johnson, Plane Tree Court Nursing Home
Darren Klein, PJ Care
Lauren Lee-Wright, Westlands Residential Home- Regal Care Trading Ltd
Hazel Lyman, Strong Life Care (Thornhill)
Juliana Martins, Connaught care
Rarida McLoughlin, Kara Healthcare – Croft Dene Care Home
Timothy Miyumo, Eden Holme Care Home
Sharon Prettengell, Goldenley Care Home
The Diversity & Dementia Award
Neil Cutler, Dementia Forward
Malcolm Gill, Dignitate
Molly Heywood, Blue Bird Care Cheshire East
Memory Advice & Dementia Support Service, Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland
Oakdale Care Home, Langdale Care Homes Group
Shashi Prasad, Lions Club of Coventry Godiva
Marie Searle, Porthaven
St Vincent’s House Care Home, Care UK Services
Terri Simmonds, Nicholas James Care Home
Jay Thapa, Home Instead Greenwich, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark
Thornhill House Staff, Strong Life Care (Thornhill)
Vegetarian for Life, Vegetarian for Life
The Supporting People with a Learning Disability & Dementia Award
Lydia Adusei, Serencroft, Gable Court Care Home
Amy Belshaw, Bondcare
Lauren Cutting, Bondcare
Shannon-Lea Harrington, Home Instead Charnwood
Joseph Mellor, Strong Life Care (Tenlands)
Darren Moores, Bondcare
Prakash Nair, Eaglewood Healthcare Centre
Lisa Nordskog, Chosen Care Group Limited
Anne Norton, Fuchsia Homecare Colchester
Linda Stewart, Avondale Care
Robin Thakooree, Drs Annexe Care Home & New Villas Office
The Living Well with Dementia: Co-production & Partnership Award
Alive Dementia Meeting Centre Team, Alive Activities
Gail Cardy, Suffolk and Northeast Essex ICB
Magic Me, Magic Me
Shared Lives, Derby City Council
St. Mary’s Hospice Compassionate Communities Team, St. Mary’s Hospice
The Livewell Dementia Hub, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
The Inspirational Person Living with Dementia Award
Neil Adams, Walfinch, Chiswick, Hammersmith, and Kensington
Jonathan Beardsworth, Dementia Forward
Peter Berry, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Ruth Chauhan, Amba Care Solutions
Mick Lambert, Independant
Mrs Nishika Madushani Wickramanayake Manangodage, Eleanor Nursing and Social Care Ltd
The Outstanding Contribution to Dementia Award
Professor Katie Featherstone, The University of West London
Maggie Parry-Hughes, Dementia UK
Jacqueline Hussey, NHS / YPWD
Sarah Joynson, The Rainbow Care Group South Leicester
Allan Perry, PJ Care
Amy Pepper, HC-One
Sam Dondi-Smith, NADCAS
Michelle Saunders, Aria Healthcare Group Ltd
Margaret Shaw, Strong Life Care (Thornhill)
Adria Thompson, M.A., CCC-SLP, Be Light Care Consulting
Alison Watson-Shields, Young at Heart ULO
David Wilson-Wynne, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC)
The Admiral Nurse Award
Laura Birch, East Cheshire NHS Trust
Cornwall-Integrated Admiral Nurse Service, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Lucy Cosgrove, Garden House Hospice Care
Teresa Czajka, South Later Life Team
Dementia UK Delivered Services Team, Dementia UK
Abita Gill, Community Dementia Services – Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Debi Miller and Nina Groeteke, Quay Health Solutions Southwark Primary Care Network
Caroline Clifton & Bridget Lawler, Belong Villages Nantwich
Lisa Marshall, South Tyneside Health Collaboration
Paula Smith, Royal British Legion
Liz Tomlinson, Dementia UK
The Creating Spaces for People Living with Dementia: Developer Award
Katie Andreoletti, You Are My Sunshine Homecare LTD
Claire Harris, Isle Court Nursing Home
Violet Jacobs, Serencroft, Gable Court Care Home
Richard Key, Ebury Court Home Care
Ms Safina Matovu, Eleanor Nursing and Social Care Ltd
Richmond Villages Willaston
Simply UK, Simply UK
Rebecca Smith, Strong Life Care
The Innovative Products & Service for People Living with Dementia Award
Dagna Dabrowska, Ridgeway Rise Care Home
Kyle Newman, Musical Memory Box
Oaklands Rest Home, Oaklands Rest Home
Prof Cathy Treadaway, HUG by LAUGH