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Winner of the National perspectives competition 2009 revealed at the British Science Festival

The 2009 perspectives competition has been won by Gemma Webster from the University of Dundee. perspectives is a poster exhibition in which researchers funded by the UK Research Councils present and explore the social implications of their work. Gemma’s poster deals with dementia. At first sight it’s a food label. It describes Helen, an 87-year old woman with dementia, in the terms of popular stereotype. “Directions: Place contents in a chair and move once or twice a day.  “Ingredients: awkward; demanding; irritating; forgetful.” 

Gemma explains that it “aims to help staff see the whole person, not just the illness, and treat the person as an individual not simply a set of needs to service… A commonly held view is that older people are not as valuable or interesting as the young members of society. The aim of this poster is to challenge that view”

For more information about this years competition, please visit http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/ScienceinSociety/
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Posted: 7th October 2009

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