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Nov 11, 2020
A passionate advocate for improving the life of people living with dementia, has been shortlisted for two top national awards for the work she has done to support the delivery of excellent dementia care across Care UK’s 125 homes.
Registered Nurse Suzanne Mumford has been shortlisted in both the Best Dementia Care Practitioner category of the National Dementia Care Awards, which recognise the very best in dementia care across the social care sector, and the Care Leadership category of the National Care Awards which are the longest established annual awards for the care sector. These awards highlight excellence and reward those who work tirelessly to provide consistently outstanding care.
Her approach to care and leadership not only focuses on the quality of life for residents living with dementia but also the impact it can have on their loved ones. Her lifetime of experience combined with her deep-rooted nursing skills and her caring and empathetic nature sees her treat every resident and their family as individuals – resulting in her recognition for these prestigious awards.
Suzanne has made many positive improvements since joining Care UK in 2018. She has created a small team to support her in ensuring that Care UK’s ambitious dementia training – in partnership with the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS) at the University of Worcester – is achieving the best outcomes for residents and the care teams who are delivering their personalised care.
Passionate about the quality of life for people living with dementia, Suzanne continuously explores new ways to improve health and wellbeing and has recently introduced Namaste care. This type of care integrates compassionate nursing care with individualised sensory activities. It has huge benefits in enabling people living with advanced dementia to feel recognised as individuals and it has dramatically improved residents’ health and wellbeing.
Suzanne has shown an outstanding ability to adapt quickly and deliver whatever has been needed during the unprecedented months since coronavirus arrived in the UK. She has supported care home teams throughout the pandemic with virtual training and helped care teams in supporting residents to still live fulfilling lives whilst shielding by establishing a range of in-house activities that have helped offset the loss of visits and external entertainers.
On speaking about her awards recognition, Suzanne said: “The creation of the approach to care team has seen much positive change - colleagues in our homes have a greater understanding of what it’s like to live with dementia, which has led to more meaningful engagement between them and residents.
“I am proud to be able to support Care UK’s determination to lead the way in dementia care and I am committed to exploring new ways of providing support that have a positive impact on fulfilling residents’ lives, such the development of Namaste practitioners in every Care UK home.
“This has been such an intense year for everyone living and working in care homes, supporting our teams with practical guidance to help them to meet the diverse needs of residents and families across Care UK has been both an honour and humbling in equal measure.
“I am thrilled to have made it to the finals for two such major awards and would like to congratulate my fellow colleagues who are finalists too.”
Care UK has also been shortlisted in five other categories at the National Dementia Care Awards and four other categories at the National Care Awards:
Suzanne, along with the other Care UK finalists, will be finding out if they have won at the virtual awards ceremonies on Thursday 12th November 2020 and Wednesday 25th November 2020.
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86 Orphanage Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0AB
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37-38 Oldnall Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 3HN
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185 Redford Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH13 9PN
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Victoria Road, Larbert , Falkirk, Scotland, FK5 4NA
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Cressex Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4QF
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147 Glasgow Road, Nerston, East Kilbride, Scotland, G74 4PA
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140 Dragonfly Lane, Cringleford, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7SW
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Recreation Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8DT
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63 Horsley Hill Square, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE34 6RF
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21 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6JE
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1 Dairyground Road, Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK7 2HW
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5 Church Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 3SH
Metchley Manor
295 Hale Road, Hale Barns , Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA15 8SN
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73 Wergs Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 9BN
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67 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4AA
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Bradley Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG23 7GF
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93 Chester Road, Huntington, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 6BS
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College Way, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 2XG
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69 Pennington Drive, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Greater London, N21 1TG
Elizabeth Lodge
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Elwick Road, Hartlepool, County Durham, TS26 9LX
Elwick Grange
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110 Golf Links Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8DA
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Field Lodge
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Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 7FB
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The Green, Off Rickards Close, West Drayton, Greater London, UB7 7PW
Franklin House
Glastonbury Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2EX
Glastonbury Court
Chester Road, Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear, DH4 4RB
Grangewood
Greville Road, Richmond, Greater London, TW10 6HR
Greville House
Garden Street, Blaydon, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE21 4AG
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Marsh House Avenue, Billingham, Cleveland, TS23 3DF
Hadrian Park
Thanet Way, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 3FS
Harrier Lodge
Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7DD
Hartismere Place
Reckitts Close, Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 6PG
Haven Lodge
Beacon Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1AS
Heather View
442 Bullen Close, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8YU
Heathlands House
122-124 Selhurst Road, Croydon, Greater London, SE25 6LL
Heavers Court
127 Highbury New Park, Islington, London, N5 2DS
Highbury New Park
(Behind the Cromwell Hotel), North Bar Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0TD
Highmarket House
Victoria Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3JA
Hollins Park
Gidd's Pond Way, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5FY
Invicta Court
Pound Lane, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1BX
Jubilee House
4 Spring Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2HB
Kenilworth Grange
Market Place, 14 Market Place, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8ND
Kings Court
Kingfield Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9EQ
Kingsleigh
59 London Road, Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6JE
Knebworth
2 Langley Oaks Avenue, South Croydon, Greater London, CR2 8DH
Langley Oaks
London Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7EG
Larkland House
2 Wakefield Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH7 6TL
Lauder Lodge
117 Hampton Road, Hampton Hill, Hampton, Greater London, TW12 1JQ
Laurel Dene
75 Durham Road, Islington, London, N7 7DS
Lennox House
Farley Way, Quorn , Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8XS
Lonsdale Mews
Manor Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0EP
Manor Lodge
Butlers Green Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4DA
Martlet Manor
538 Lichfield Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4EH
Mercia Grange
St John’s Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7NX
Mildenhall Lodge
Sunnyside Close, Dunnings Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4QW
Mill View
Curbridge Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5HR
Millers Grange
Fore Street, Framlingham, Suffolk, IP13 9DF
Mills Meadow
Ermyn Way, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8TX
Milner House
Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0YS
Montfort Manor
Helston Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5GG
Mountbatten Grange
Coltsfield, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8LH
Mountfitchet House
Kirkton Road, Stonehaven, Scotland, AB39 2PB
Mowat Court
37 Muriel Street, Islington, London, N1 0TH
Muriel Street
34 South Beechwood, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5YS
Murrayside
39 Portmore Park Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8HQ
Norfolk House
Forest Close, Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 4FA
Oak House
1 Oakfield, Sale, Greater Manchester, M33 6NB
Oakfield Croft
Oteley Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6QH
Oxbow Manor
38 Gemini Drive, Dovecot, Liverpool, Merseyside, L14 9LT
Paisley Court
Westall Street, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9AU
Parsons Grange
Portsmouth Road, Horndean, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 9LN
Pear Tree Court
Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1ET
Perry Manor
Valley Drive, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1UA
Pinetum
Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE20 9PZ
Ponteland Manor
102 Mansbrook Boulevard, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9GY
Prince George House
Old Milverton Lane, Blackdown, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6RW
Priors House
1 Dedworth Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5AZ
Queen's Court
Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 2DE
Riverside
St George’s Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3EL
Sandfields
123 Westward Road, Ebley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4SP
Scarlet House
1a Robin Hood Lane, Kingston Vale, Greater London, SW15 3PU
Sherwood Grange
Tenpenny Hill, Thorrington, Essex, CO7 8JG
Silversprings
St Marks Lane, Horsham, Sussex, RH12 5PU
Skylark House
2 Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LF
Smyth Lodge
Baldock Street, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9DT
Snowdrop House
49 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9QH
St Vincent's House
Spook Hill, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4EG
Stanecroft
Wear Road, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 6AH
Stanley Park
Victoria Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7SF
Station House
Oaks Place, Mile End Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5XR
Tall Trees
Mill Road, West Drayton, Greater London, UB7 7EQ
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187 York Road, Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, BH18 8ES
The Potteries
Maison Dieu, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7AX
The Terrace
Woodside Resource Centre, Cavendish Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS4 3EB
The Willows
Hogshill Lane, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2AQ
Tiltwood
North Deeside Road, Milltimber, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB13 0HR
Tor-Na-Dee
Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 5DW
Trymview Hall
22-28 Trinity Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AZ
Ventress Hall
Bourchier Close, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1PD
Weald Heights
316 Whitby Road, Eastcote, Greater London, HA4 9EE
Whitby Dene
Burleigh Road, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 7EP
Whitebourne
Vicarage Road, Twickenham, Greater London, TW2 7BY
Whitefarm Lodge
Maple Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1LN
Winchcombe Place
Clamp Hill, Stanmore, Greater London, HA7 3BG
Woodland Hall
Leicester Road , Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7BN
Oat Hill Mews
1 Stock Road, Eastern Bypass, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3FU
Cuttlebrook Hall
Ty-Draw Road, Lisvane, Cardiff, Glamorgan, CF14 0AW
Llys Herbert
Gardner Way, Adderbury , Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3FW
Seccombe Court
2 Bourley Rd, Church Crookham, Fleet, GU52 8DY
Bourley Grange
Speedwell Road, Edgbaston, West Midlands, B5 7PR
Edgbaston Manor
2 Shepherds View, Dappers Lane, Angmering, West Sussex, BN16 4EN
Ayton House
123 Westmead Road, Sutton, Greater London, SM1 4JE
Tennyson Grange
107-109 Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2JH
Long Stone Manor
3 Buttercup Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7GD
Charlton Lodge
Fletcher Road, Yate, Bristol, BS37 7ER
Ladden View
287 Court Lodge Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 8RG
Amherst House
The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3JS
Ridley Manor
Jeddah Way, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JY
Kentford Manor
Welshmill Lane, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2AA
Rossetti House
Church Street, Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1QF
Maids Moreton Hall
7 Parker View, Redlands Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0AF
Parker Meadows
370 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2QH
Newbury Grove
Shapland Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7EJ
Salisbury Manor
134 Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 5PP
Bishops Manor
71 Hatch Lane, Chingford, Greater London, E4 6LP
Ivy Grove
Rectory Lane, Little Bookham , Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 4DY
Liberham Lodge
Sway Place, Church Lane, Sway, Hampshire, SO41 6AD
Sway Place
Cross Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9QX
Anning House
12 Streets Heath, West End, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9QY
Greenview Hall
Clarks Way, Bath, Somerset, BA2 2TR
Rush Hill Mews
Miswell Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 4EU
Tring
35 Cannock Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0QE
Stafford
Bailey Lodge, Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3ZP
Bailey Lodge
Tippethill House Hospital, Armadale by Whitburn, West Lothian, EH48 3BQ
Tippethill
3 Banister Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2EN
The Wickets
Chocolate Works Care Village, Bishopthorpe Road, York, Yorkshire, YO23 1DE
Chocolate Works
Mayfield View , Lower Railway Road, Ilkley, Yorkshire, LS29 8WH
Mayfield View
Chapter House Care Home, Keldgate, Beverley , Yorkshire, HU17 8HU
Chapter House
Seacroft Green Care Home, The Green, Seacroft - Leeds, Yorkshire, LS14 6PA
Seacroft Green
Seacroft Grange Care Home, The Green, Seacroft - Leeds, Yorkshire, LS14 6JL
Seacroft Grange
Harcourt Gardens Care Home , Harcourt Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, HG1 5NL
Harcourt Gardens
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