This webinar explored visual literacy skills and materials as a resource for caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Illustrations and commentary focused on the significance of such skills and materials in two key contexts: (1) interactions between people who live with Alzheimer’s, their family members and immediate care-givers, and (2) interactions between the lay public, Alzheimer’s care coordinators and policy makers. Jon explored with webinar participants how greater use of visual literacy and materials in these two contexts can prompt us to reassess ideas about informed consent, assisted communication, interpersonal recognition and trust—and about the challenges of using images and text to respectfully depict the humanity of other vulnerable populations.
MORE ABOUT JON WAGNER’s WORK: https://www.alzheimers.jcwagner.com/ – This website explores the challenges and rewards of staying in touch with people who live with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, many of whom develop language and memory loss. It looks closely at the dynamics between family and friends, care-givers and memory care residents. It focuses on what we can learn from individuals who not only care for, but vitalize people living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. And it does so through a variety of accounts, commentaries, links and documents–including photographs and videos. See also Jon Wagner’s instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/4jonwagner/
HOW TO CITE
Please cite as: Jon Wagner. 2024. “Visual Literacy and Alzheimer’s Caregiving,“ webinar from Images of Care Collective, AAGE, AgeNet and VANEASA. 13th May. Available at: https://youtu.be/fheOjMpdBOk
MORE ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES “IMAGES, AGEING AND CARE”
This webinar series – free and open to all- gathers anthropologists and image-makers interested in exploring the ontological and epistemological connections between images, aging and care, treating the relationship and these phenomena as requiring and inviting interrogation. It is sponsored by the Images of Care Collective, the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course (AAGE), EASA’s Age and Generations Network (AgeNet) and the Network for Visual Anthropology of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (VANEASA). You can see our past webinars here.
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