ACA Awards

Honorary Life Membership of the ACA

Honorary life membership will be conferred on those members who have made a national contribution to the ACA. Find out how you can nominate someone you know here.

The ACA Honorary Award, 2009, was awarded at conference to Ian Pomfret for his many years contribution to the ACA

ACA Fellowship Award

This award is open to colleagues in the field of continence care from around the Globe. Find more details about this award here.

The first ACA Fellowship award was awarded during the 2009 conference to Ray Addison for his pioneering work in the field of continence care.

Dorothy Mandelstam Award

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Thanks to Bullen Healthcare the Dorothy Mandelstam award was re launched at the ACA 2009 conference. The award is a significant opportunity for members to be recognised for their skill and committment to continence care. Read more here.

The winners of this prestigious award are :

Jackie Rees, a continence clinical nurse specialist and Fania Pagnamenta a tissue viability clinical nurse specialist from Newcastle.

The winning paper presented a case study of a patient with a stroke who experienced incontinence dermatitis and how the use of an all silicone skin barrier preparation promoted skin healing. The paper demonstrates how collaborative working between the two specialities helped to develop a clear treatment approach that encompassed both continence and tissue viability needs. Congratulations to both Jackie and Fania.

The ACA special interest groups each have an annual award to be awarded at conference:

Pelvic Floor Interest Group Award

Bowel Interest Group award

Sponsored by Norgine.

The ACA and Norgine are pleased to, once again, support The Bowel Interest Group (BIG) and Norgine Award. This award is for a project or an idea that makes a positive contribution towards bowel care.

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Bowel Special Interest Group (BSIG) Award

This years papers were of a high standard making judging a difficult decision. Doreen McClurg won the BIG award kindly sponsored by Norgine pharmaceuticals, congratulations to Doreen. The winning paper described a pilot study into the feasibility of abdominal massage for the alleviation of constipation symptoms amongst people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Constipation has a significant impact on those with MS affecting their sense of well being and adding to their symptom load. If proven abdominal massage could reduce the symptoms of constipation thereby providing a cheap effective way of enhancing the lives of people who have MS. The ACA look forward to hearing the results of Doreen’s research at a future ACA conference. Here is Doreen receiving the award from Graham Roberts,- National Field Sales Manager for Norgine:

For any questions or queries relating to the BIG award please contact Gaye Kyle, Executive Committee Member at gayekyle@tiscali.co.uk

Marlene Powell
Continence Nurse Specialist
St Martin's Hospital
Midford Road
Bath BA2 5RP
Tel: 01223 831766 (work)
Tel: 01225 463263 (Home)
Mobile: 07779 307636
Email: marlenempowell@btopenworld.com

The Lille Healthcare Research & Development Award

The Lille Healthcare Research & Development Award will continue until 2008 and then cease. For an application form please contact lynn@fitwise.co.uk

Look Good Feel Good Award

In association with the ACA, Promocon offers the Look Good Feel Good Award (LGFG)

The award is judged and presented at the ACA annual conference.

Award information

The winner of the 2009 LGFG award was Shreddies for their Flatulance Absorbing Underwear.

June Rogers, Director of PromoCon presenting the

prestigious LGFG award

The Shreddies team

Award for best free paper abstract and best presentation of a free paper at conference

The award kindly sponsored by Astra Tech is for a best oral presentation and the best abstract of a free paper. This year both awards were awarded to Marian de Vito a primary care continence co-ordinator from Kingston Primary Care Trust. Marian’s abstract on developing a community continence assessment pathway was clear and logically presented. The paper discussed the development of the pathway within the context of existing research and identified that a continence pathway may not apply to all patients. A continence pathway cannot replace for example, the professional judgement that is required around continence problems at the end of life. Many congratulations from the ACA to Marian.