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 dementia risk and support?
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 how national UK newspapers represent two complex societal factors that increase the risk of dementia: social isolation and air pollution.
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 relation to eyes, gaze and vision.
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…