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Dawn Brooker

Dawn June Ratcliffe Brooker MBE (born 1959) is a British psychologist who is a professor at the University of Worcester and Director of the Association for Dementia Studies. In 2020 she was awarded an MBE for her services to dementia care.

Dawn Brooker
MBE
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Worcester
University of Bradford
ThesisImproving the quality of care for people with dementia (1998)
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Early life and education

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In 1984 Brooker graduated with a master's degree and qualified as a clinical psychologist at the University of Birmingham. She became interested in dementia because of her personal experiences, having grown up with a grandfather with dementia.[1][2] After graduating, she worked as a psychologist, before returning to academia in the mid-nineties.[3] She first heard Thomas Kitwood, a pioneer in dementia care who would eventually become her doctoral supervisor, speak at a conference in 1988.[4] Her doctoral research focussed on improving the quality of care for people suffering from dementia.[1]

Research and career

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Brooker was awarded a personal chair at the University of Bradford, where she continued Kitwood's work on person-centred dementia care.[3] In 2009, Brooker founded the Association for Dementia Studies.[5] She created Care Fit for VIPS, an online resource that looks to assist care homes in delivering high quality dementia care.[6][7]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Brooker, Dawn; Latham, Isabelle (21 November 2015). Person-centred dementia care: making services better with the VIPS framework (Second ed.). London. ISBN 978-1-78450-170-9. OCLC 933754452.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Brooker, Dawn, ed. (7 January 2019). Dementia reconsidered, revisited: the person still comes first. Kitwood, T. M. (Second ed.). London. ISBN 978-0-335-24802-5. OCLC 1079788401.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • May, Hazel; Edwards, Paul; Brooker, Dawn (2009). Enriched care planning for people with dementia: a good practice guide for delivering person-centred dementia care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84310-405-6. OCLC 301879719.

Articles

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Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "My passion for dementia research | Interdem website". Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. ^ "University of Worcester". MadeAtUni. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Dawn Brooker - University Of Worcester". www.worcester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Professor Thomas Kitwood". The Independent. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. ^ "About the Association for Dementia Studies - University Of Worcester". www.worcester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  6. ^ "Care Fit for VIPS - University Of Worcester". www.worcester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. ^ "Care Fit for VIPS | West Midlands Learning". learning.wm.hee.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  8. ^ Goodall, Amanda (2015-03-25). "The Leaders of the World's Top 100 Universities". International Higher Education (42). doi:10.6017/ihe.2006.42.7877. ISSN 2372-4501.
  9. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Dementia Care Awards 2019 winner- Prof. Dawn Brooker!". Future Care Group. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. ^ "Dementia Care Awards - 7th November 2019". OM Interactive. 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  11. ^ "Eight Worcestershire figures mentioned in New Year's Honours List". Worcester News. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
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