Charlotte Laura Clarke is the Professor of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Her research centres on the experiences of living with dementia.[2]

Charlotte Clarke
NationalityScottish
OccupationAcademic
Known forresearch into living with dementia
Academic background
Alma materGlasgow College of Technology
Northumbria University
ThesisWho needs problems? : Finding meaning in caregiving for people with dementia
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh

Early life and education

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Clarke qualified as a nurse in 1986 from what was then called Glasgow College of Technology and worked clinically for a number of years in the National Health Service before moving into roles that were more focused on education and research.[citation needed] She received a part-time PhD studentship from the Regional Health Authority and focused on the experiences of carers of people with dementia. Her doctoral thesis, awarded by Northumbria University, was entitled Who needs problems? : Finding meaning in caregiving for people with dementia.[1]

Career

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Clarke is the co-director of the Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia, College Dean International and director of Global Communities at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.[1] Much of her research addresses people's perception of risk,[3] our understanding of risk management and enablement,[4] and resilence in order to improve quality of life for people with dementia.[5]

In 2010, Clarke jointly edited Risk Assessment and Management for Living Well with Dementia, which was awarded first prize in the 2012 British Medical Association Medical Book Award (health and social care).[6] More recently,[when?] she started to explore the use of theatre and film in communicating and engaging the public in her research findings. Jack & Jill and The Red Postbox was a theatre performance examining the changing lives of a family due to a diagnosis of dementia, inspired by research that explored risk and resilence when living with dementia.[7] She also has an interest in nursing education and has examined student learning dynamics in clinical contexts including the use information technology to support nursing students in practice.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Charlotte Clarke". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Keyes, S. E.; Clarke, C. L.; Gibb, C. E. (2018). "Living with dementia, interdependence and citizenship: narratives of everyday decision-making" (PDF). Disability & Society. 34 (2): 296–319. doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1528970. hdl:20.500.11820/f7345ff4-7997-46e0-aad1-306ea1bfe1bb. S2CID 150196683.
    - "Prof. Charlotte Clarke - The Experience of Living With Dementia". YouTube. University of Edinburgh. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ Clarke, C. L. (2008). "Risk and long‐term conditions: the global challenge". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 17 (5a): 1–3. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02257.x. PMID 18298751. S2CID 116084255.
    - Clarke, C. L. (2009). "Risk and long-term conditions: The contradictions of self in society". Health, Risk & Society. 11 (4): 297–302. doi:10.1080/13698570903045427. S2CID 146187091.
  4. ^ Roberts, K.; Clarke, C. (2009). "Future disorientation following gynaecological cancer: Women's conceptualisation of risk after a life threatening illness". Health, Risk & Society. 11 (4): 353–366. doi:10.1080/13698570903013623. S2CID 73876646.
    - Clarke, C. L.; Gibb, C. E.; Keady, J.; Luce, A.; Wilkinson, H.; Williams, L.; Cook, A. (2009). "Risk management dilemmas in dementia care: an organizational survey in three UK countries" (PDF). International Journal of Older People Nursing. 4 (2): 89–96. doi:10.1111/j.1748-3743.2008.00149.x. PMID 20925808.
    - Clarke, C. (2010). "Risk and long-term conditions-society, services and resilience". Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness. 2 (2): 85–87. doi:10.1111/j.1752-9824.2010.01060.x.
  5. ^ Clarke, C. L.; Keady, J.; Wilkinson, H.; Gibb, C. E.; Luce, A.; Cook, A.; Williams, L. (2010). "Dementia and risk: Contested territories of everyday life". Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness. 2 (2): 102–112. doi:10.1111/j.1752-9824.2010.01040.x.
    - Botsford, J.; Clarke, C. L.; Gibb, C. E. (2011). "Research and dementia, caring and ethnicity: a review of the literature". Journal of Research in Nursing. 16 (5): 437–449. doi:10.1177/1744987111414531. S2CID 57883032.
    - Clarke, C. L.; Alexjuk, J.; Gibb, C. E. (2011). "Information in dementia care: sense making and a public health direction for the UK?". International Journal of Older People Nursing. 6 (3): 237–243. doi:10.1111/j.1748-3743.2011.00288.x. PMID 21884489.
  6. ^ "A celebratory evening at the 2012 BMA Medical Book & Patient Information Awards". Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
    - Clarke C.L.; Wilkinson H.; Keady J.; Gibb C.E. (2011). Risk Assessment and Management for Living Well with Dementia. London: Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 9781849050050.
  7. ^ Clarke, C. L.; Bailey, C. (2016). "Narrative citizenship, resilience and inclusion with dementia: On the inside or on the outside of physical and social places" (PDF). Dementia. 15 (3): 434–452. doi:10.1177/1471301216639736. PMID 27170591. S2CID 206732814.
    - Clarke, C.; Mantle, R. (2016). "Using risk management to promote person-centred dementia care" (PDF). Nursing Standard. 30 (28): 41–46. doi:10.7748/ns.30.28.41.s47. hdl:20.500.11820/879b0763-1e20-496f-bf02-a8b2d745d778. PMID 26959471. S2CID 27626182.
  8. ^ Lee, J. J.; Clarke, C. L. (2015). "Nursing students' attitudes towards information and communication technology: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic approach" (PDF). Journal of Advanced Nursing. 71 (5): 1181–1193. doi:10.1111/jan.12611. hdl:1842/20455. PMID 25586107. S2CID 52971841.
    - Lee, J. J.; Clarke, C. L.; Carson, M. N. (2018). "Nursing students' learning dynamics and influencing factors in clinical contexts" (PDF). Nurse Education in Practice. 29: 103–109. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2017.12.003. hdl:20.500.11820/593b3748-0520-41bc-b3d0-12ccaaed87f1. PMID 29245029.
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