Dawn Brooker

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.{{Cite web|title=My passion for dementia research {{!}} Interdem website|url=http://interdem.org/?p=6990|access-date=2020-12-31|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-05-13|title=University of Worcester|url=https://madeatuni.org.uk/university-worcester/transforming-lives-people-dementia|access-date=2020-12-31|website=MadeAtUni|language=en}} After graduating, she worked as a psychologist, before returning to academia in the mid-nineties.{{Cite web|title=Professor Dawn Brooker - University Of Worcester|url=https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/profiles/professor-dawn-brooker|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.worcester.ac.uk|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231164139/https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/profiles/professor-dawn-brooker|url-status=dead}} She first heard Thomas Kitwood, a pioneer in dementia care who would eventually become her doctoral supervisor, speak at a conference in 1988.{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Obituary: Professor Thomas Kitwood|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-professor-thomas-kitwood-1045269.html|access-date=2020-12-31|website=The Independent|language=en}} Her doctoral research focussed on improving the quality of care for people suffering from dementia.

Brooker was awarded a personal chair at the University of Bradford, where she continued Kitwood's work on person-centred dementia care. In 2009, Brooker founded the Association for Dementia Studies.{{Cite web|title=About the Association for Dementia Studies - University Of Worcester|url=https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/school-of-allied-health-and-community/allied-health-research/association-for-dementia-studies/about-ads/home.aspx|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.worcester.ac.uk}} She created Care Fit for VIPS, an online resource that looks to assist care homes in delivering high quality dementia care.{{Cite web|title=Care Fit for VIPS - University Of Worcester|url=https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/school-of-allied-health-and-community/allied-health-research/association-for-dementia-studies/ads-education-and-research/free-resources/care-fit-for-vips.aspx|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.worcester.ac.uk}}{{Cite web|title=Care Fit for VIPS {{!}} West Midlands Learning|url=https://learning.wm.hee.nhs.uk/node/819|access-date=2020-12-31|website=learning.wm.hee.nhs.uk}}

• {{Cite book|last=Brooker, Dawn |title=Person-centred dementia care: making services better with the VIPS framework|author2=Latham, Isabelle |date=21 November 2015|isbn=978-1-78450-170-9|edition=Second |location=London|oclc=933754452}}
• {{Cite book |title=Dementia reconsidered, revisited: the person still comes first |others=Kitwood, T. M. |date=7 January 2019 |editor=Brooker, Dawn |isbn=978-0-335-24802-5|edition=Second |location=London|oclc=1079788401}}
• {{Cite book|last=May, Hazel |title=Enriched care planning for people with dementia: a good practice guide for delivering person-centred dementia care|date=2009|publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers|author2=Edwards, Paul |author3=Brooker, Dawn |isbn=978-1-84310-405-6|location=London|oclc=301879719}}

• {{Cite journal|last=Brooker|first=Dawn|date=2003|title=What is person-centred care in dementia?|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/reviews-in-clinical-gerontology/article/abs/what-is-personcentred-care-in-dementia/05526FC63B5923B299DEB2D8A57BCDC8|journal=Reviews in Clinical Gerontology|language=en|volume=13|issue=3|pages=215–222|doi=10.1017/S095925980400108X|issn=1469-9036}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Brooker|first1=D.|last2=Duce|first2=L.|date=2000-11-01|title=Wellbeing and activity in dementia: A comparison of group reminiscence therapy, structured goal-directed group activity and unstructured time|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/713649967|journal=Aging & Mental Health|volume=4|issue=4|pages=354–358|doi=10.1080/713649967|s2cid=144845300|issn=1360-7863}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Brooker|first=D.|date=2005-10-01|title=Dementia Care Mapping: A Review of the Research Literature|url=https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/geront/45.suppl_1.11|journal=The Gerontologist|language=en|volume=45|issue=Supplement 1|pages=11–18|doi=10.1093/geront/45.suppl_1.11|pmid=16230745|issn=0016-9013|doi-access=}}

• 2019 Universities UK Top 100 Lifesavers working in Higher Education{{Cite journal|last=Goodall|first=Amanda|date=2015-03-25|title=The Leaders of the World's Top 100 Universities|journal=International Higher Education|issue=42|doi=10.6017/ihe.2006.42.7877|issn=2372-4501|doi-access=free}}
• 2019 National Dementia Care Award Lifetime Achievement Award{{Cite web|date=2019-11-15|title=Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Dementia Care Awards 2019 winner- Prof. Dawn Brooker!|url=https://www.futurecaregroup.com/blog/congratulations-professor-dawn-brooker/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Future Care Group|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=Dementia Care Awards - 7th November 2019|url=https://omi.uk/dementia-care-awards-7th-november-2019/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=OM Interactive|language=en-GB}}
• 2020 Elected to the MBE in the Order of the British Empire{{Cite web|title=Eight Worcestershire figures mentioned in New Year's Honours List|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/18977389.eight-worcestershire-figures-mentioned-new-years-honours-list/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Worcester News|date=31 December 2020 |language=en}}

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