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 newspapers and AI generated images.
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 be stuck in and asks what an effective, authentic narrative about living with dementia might look like…
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 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 have cared for people with dementia, and people with dementia.
Here, we hear from three co-authors about a fascinating project from the IDEAL dementia research programme: a conversation-starting play called ‘The World Turned Upside Down’.