There remains a need to hear more first-hand experiences of how it is to live with dementia as an LGBTQ+ person, especially through the use of creative and innovative methods. Photovoice is a research method that asks people to take photographs of aspects of their everyday lives and to accompany these with narratives that give ‘voice’ to the meanings and descriptions of what the photos represent. This method has not previously been used with LGBTQ+ people living with dementia.

John Hammond (he/him) is a PhD student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. He has recently completed a pilot study with a group of five LGBTQ+ people living with dementia that investigated the acceptability, value and challenges of the Photovoice method. He will present his findings alongside Daithi (they/them) who was a participant co-researcher on this pilot study project.

Feel free to share this information with your networks and let us know if you would like to join the mailing list (Catherine.forward@kcl.ac.uk). We would also be pleased to hear from anyone who would be interested in sharing their research or experiences at future events. If you have any questions or feedback, you can email: Catherine.forward@kcl.ac.uk or Claudio.dilorito@ucl.ac.uk

This is an online event. It is part of LGBTQ+ life courses – health and social care research. See all upcoming events at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce.

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