James Rupert Fletcher
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James Rupert Fletcher
@JamesRuFletcher
ageing, health, disability, cognition, digitalisation, infrastructure, connection



Latest s—show #Alzheimers news: $SAVA, Remi Barbier, wife Lindsay Burns and @CUNY ‘s Dr. Wang charged in manipulated research results in P2b sec.gov/newsroom/press…













🚨 PRESS RELEASE: 100+ organisations urge European policymakers to place the brain higher on the European policy agenda. Read our press release & support the #NoHealthWithoutBrainHealth campaign: braincouncil.eu/100-supporting…


Working on 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄, 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒? Submit for “Connecting Mobility Ecologies, Climate Crises and Families” @isa_sociology conference 🇲🇦Rabat, Jul 6-11, 2025🇲🇦 ⏰300 word English abstracts due Oct 15⏰ isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2…










📣 #ISAforum25 Call for Abstracts is now open! Review the guidelines and prepare your submission here 🌐 isa-sociology.org/en/conferences… ⏰ October 15, 2024 is the final date to submit your abstract. No extensions to the deadline will be provided.


If you only see dementia as being about people experiencing it today, rather than also considering the experience of future generations, then it’s worth checking whether it’s cos you’re servicing the problem, rather than also trying to solve it?!





@ProfRobHoward @SameiHuda This has been a known issue for some time - see work of @JamesRuFletcher - that, as James described, corporate charities raise awareness for themselves by blaming a lack of awareness about dementia, which they also say is responsible for stigma.




