This talk shares insights into a zoom-based bespoke film making project with patients on an acute dialysis ward in the midst of a global pandemic. The project was collaboratively delivered by Dementia Specialist Healthcare Support Worker, Victoria Ruddock, and Lecturer in Applied Theatre, Dr Nicola Abraham and Applied Theatre students from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Victoria Ruddock:
Dementia Specialist Healthcare Support Worker for the Dementia Care Team within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seconded to Co-Project Lead collaborative Student Knowledge Exchange project for the partnership with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She qualified with a bachelor’s degree in Science: Nursing, in the Philippines and has extensive experience working with older adults living with dementia and experiencing delirium in both hospitals and care home contexts. Victoria has additionally undertaken team leadership support in a nursing home and a private Nurse for people living with dementia.

Dr. Nicola Abraham:
Lecturer in Applied Theatre Practices at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has most recently been working on a range of applied theatre, film and VR projects in NHS hospitals to develop new person-centred approaches to creating bespoke artefacts, including VR 360 videos, intergenerational augmented reality-based process dramas with primary school children and older adult patients living with dementia, and films to improve subjective wellbeing of patients in acute dialysis wards. She has published in Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RiDE), Applied Theatre Research, Contemporary Theatre Review and co-edited the 2nd Edition of TheApplied Theatre Reader (2020), and Applied Theatre with Urban Youth: Witnessing Change (forthcoming, 2020/2021). Lecturer in Applied Theatre Practices at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has most recently been working on a range of applied theatre, film and VR projects in NHS hospitals to develop new person-centred approaches to creating bespoke artefacts, including VR 360 videos, intergenerational augmented reality-based process dramas with primary school children and older adult patients living with dementia, and films to improve subjective wellbeing of patients in acute dialysis wards. She has published in Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RiDE), Applied Theatre Research, Contemporary Theatre Review and co-edited the 2nd Edition of TheApplied Theatre Reader (2020), and Applied Theatre with Urban Youth: Witnessing Change (forthcoming, 2020/2021).

Dementia Specialist Healthcare Support Worker for the Dementia Care Team within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seconded to Co-Project Lead collaborative Student Knowledge Exchange project for the partnership with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She qualified with a bachelor’s degree in Science: Nursing, in the Philippines and has extensive experience working with older adults living with dementia and experiencing delirium in both hospitals and care home contexts. Victoria has additionally undertaken team leadership support in a nursing home and a private Nurse for people living with dementia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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