Constructing ‘care’ on care home websites
Have you been involved in choosing a care home for you or someone you are close to? If so, did you look at the care home websites? Why or why not? What does ‘care’ mean…
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Gavin Brookes – Introducing the next phase of the Public Discourses of Dementia project
We are excited to announce that our project is entering a new phase! With the support of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellows Renewal Grant, we will build on our previous and ongoing work investigating how…
“Football killed him and football didn’t want to know”: Dementia, traumatic brain injury and football in the UK news
In this blog, Emma Putland, Felicity Slocombe, Hannah Thompson-Radford and Gavin Brookes ask: how are football, traumatic brain injury and dementia represented in the British Press and how might this contribute to wider discussions surrounding…
Felicity Slocombe – Imagining Dementia Futures: Newspaper representations of air pollution, social isolation and dementia
Here, Felicity Slocombe reflects on and summarises a recent talk that she co-presented with Emma Putland at the Imagining Dementia Futures conference at the University of Manchester. The talk – and this blog – explores…
Sih-Ying Hsieh (Iris Hsieh) – Recalling Memories: Generative AI Art-Health Practice for Dementia
In this guest blog post, Sih-Ying Hsieh (Iris Hsieh) presents a case study of the ‘Time Machine: AI Art and Reminiscence Therapeutic programme’, which was co-led by Art For All and Excelsior Care Homes in…
Eyes, gaze and vision: Do humans and AI see “eye to eye” when it comes to representing people living with dementia?
Inspired by a project presentation given at the Dementia in Film, Media and Culture symposium at Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh, 31st May 2024), here, Emma Putland reflects on representations of people living with dementia in…
Violence, loss and trees: Dementia metaphors in the news and AI generated images
Inspired by our project team’s presentation at the ‘8th Global China Dialogue: Governance for Global Health’ event in December 2023, here, Emma Putland reflects on some of the team’s recent work on metaphor in UK…
Neil Crowther: Escaping the doom loop
Neil Crowther draws on his personal and professional experiences to discuss the interconnectedness of discourses of ageing and older people, social care, disability and dementia. He reflects on the ‘doom loop’ that society appears to…
Ivana Babicova: Pain and Dementia
Here, Ivana Babicova asks the important question: what happens if we experience difficulties communicating or verbalising our pain? And what can be done to help?
Felicity Slocombe – Dementia in the media: Goodbye doom and gloom, hello positivity?
Felicity Slocombe discusses the main themes and recommendations of three focus groups she recently conducted about dementia in the media. These were run with people with less personal familiarity with dementia, people who care or…