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Near Nature: Poetry of Dementia Book launch
Prof Claire Craig is in Edinburgh and Newcastle for the launch of new publications ‘Near Nature: Poetry of Dementia’ and ‘Ongoingness’.
Hallam researchers awarded funding to create wearable dementia technology
A team of Sheffield Hallam University Researchers including Lab4Living’s Prof Claire Craig have been awarded £80,000 funding by the Longitude Prize on Dementia to create a wearable dementia assistant.
SHU Press release: 20 June 2023
What’s on in the White Building: March 2023
This month the White Building hosts Postgraduate Open Day activities, workshops and seminars with Nursing and Social Care students, community groups, a pop-up exhibition by Art and Design students, and Lab4Living Cinema Club.
About Home: pop-up exhibition by Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver
Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver present work in progress from their PhD/Design Research projects at a pop-up exhibition at Access Space, Sheffield.
Journeying through Dementia to be piloted in Canada.
Lab4Living research-informed product Journeying through Dementia is to be piloted in Quebec next year. The study will be led at McGill University, Montreal.
Claire Craig awarded Visiting Professorship at University of Bradford
Professor Claire Craig has been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the University of Bradford in recognition of her contribution to research on dementia.
Marney Walker and Life Story Network’s My Home Matters toolkit poster
Marney Walker presents ‘My Home Matters’ poster at UK Dementia Congress.
PhD report published: Exploring how design can support the expression of personal aesthetic preferences in dementia
Marney Walker’s PhD study report on aesthetic preferences in dementia is out now in the Design Journal
What’s on in the White Building: October 2022
This month, Lab4Living hosts ‘Menopause And The Body’ to mark World Menopause Day, plus ‘The Poetics of Ageing’ Poetry Reading, part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words.
Dementia Lab conference
Claire Craig and Marney Walker attend Dementia Lab conference, themed on the value of participation within design.