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Memorial

Memorial A memorial for Beatrice Godwin, researcher, social worker and activist with older people A year has now passed since our colleague Beatrice Godwin died. Beatrice was a committed social work practitioner and a dedicated scholar to the end. Her last article was published in this very journal in the last few days before she died. She was committed to social justice and worked tirelessly to promote the interests and rights of people living with dementia. Beatrice was a social worker by training and completed an MSc in Social Work Studies at the London School of Economics. After qualifying, she held a number of local authority posts and then became a training officer and a part-time lecturer. Beatrice’s professional career culminated in her appointment in the newly created UK National Health Service (NHS) post of assertive in-reach worker, a position she was very proud of. In this post she was involved in a non-medical consultation about the care of people with dementia in residential and nursing homes; and she formed a multi-agency working group with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS partnership, the local Social Services Department and the local police force in order to develop a Missing Persons’ Procedure http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quality in Ageing and Older Adults Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
1471-7794
DOI
10.1108/QAOA-12-2016-0046
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Abstract

A memorial for Beatrice Godwin, researcher, social worker and activist with older people A year has now passed since our colleague Beatrice Godwin died. Beatrice was a committed social work practitioner and a dedicated scholar to the end. Her last article was published in this very journal in the last few days before she died. She was committed to social justice and worked tirelessly to promote the interests and rights of people living with dementia. Beatrice was a social worker by training and completed an MSc in Social Work Studies at the London School of Economics. After qualifying, she held a number of local authority posts and then became a training officer and a part-time lecturer. Beatrice’s professional career culminated in her appointment in the newly created UK National Health Service (NHS) post of assertive in-reach worker, a position she was very proud of. In this post she was involved in a non-medical consultation about the care of people with dementia in residential and nursing homes; and she formed a multi-agency working group with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS partnership, the local Social Services Department and the local police force in order to develop a Missing Persons’ Procedure

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Quality in Ageing and Older AdultsEmerald Publishing

Published: Mar 13, 2017

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