Elizabeth Brooke
University of Melbourne and director of ArtsCare Australia
Elizabeth Brooke
Author of Creative Ageing and the Arts of Care: Reframing Active Ageing published 2022 (Emerald Publishing). Over 120 publications including two authored books, book chapters, articles in peer reviewed journals, published reports and national and international conference presentations.
Recent international book chapters on Australian landscapes of extended working life policies and gender.
Associate Professor, Director Business Work and Ageing Centre, Swinburne University-2003-2013
VicHealth Public Health Fellowship on innovative policies applied in aged care workforce (2006-12)
Economic Benefits of mature age Australians (2015). Sole author of study on older workforce, volunteers, carers, published by National Seniors.
Workability research (2004-12), international and national research on Finnish model
Director, Workforce Ageing in the New Economy, International research project (2002-07) SSHRC funded Canada.
Gerontologist (including quality of community care, residential care, housing, homelessness)
Gender research -Australian workforce analysis)
Associate Editor, Australasian Journal on Ageing (2013-20)
Fulbright award and Victorian state president (2015)
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Australia; |
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| Topics | Ageing in place; Autonomy; Care Homes; Dementia care and support; Housing and care; LTC Policy; LTC Systems; LTC Workforce; Residential LTC services; Social connection; Social Innovation in LTC; Stigma and discrimination; |
| Methods | Assessment tool development; Case studies; Co-production methods; Cost analysis; Grounded Theory; Literature reviews and synthesis; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Policy analysis; Practice-based approaches; Qualitative studies; Scoping reviews; Theory and frameworks; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Ageing and Place; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Long-Term Care Policy; Quasi-experimental methods; Strengthening Responses to Dementia; |
| Research interests | Innovative training in creative arts for formal carers in LTC and home care Policy innovation in quality of care Innovative international case studies in quality 9f care |
| Key publications | Recent international book which won Australasian Journal on Ageing prize published by Emerald UK Creative Ageing and the Arts of Care; Reframing Active Ageing
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