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  • Gerontology
  • Sociology of Science and Technology
  • Public Health

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  • Dementia is a prevalent and incurable condition, posing a significant public health challenge.
  • The dominant narrative in dementia research promotes a future techno-fix solution, suggesting a simple technological resolution is imminent.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically assess overly optimistic techno-fix narratives in dementia research.
  • To analyze dementia research protocols and political statements within a technology assessment framework.
  • To argue that a narrow, organismic focus on dementia may be counterproductive.

Main Methods:

  • Empirical analysis of dementia research protocols.
  • Analysis of political statements related to dementia.
  • Application of a technology assessment framework.

Main Results:

  • Technology assessment reveals that techno-fixes are only one approach to societal problems.
  • Technologies are often presented as more perfect than they are.
  • A narrow focus on organismic aspects of dementia may reduce the disease and impede cure discovery.

Conclusions:

  • The dominant techno-fix narrative in dementia research presents a limited perspective.
  • Balancing this narrow scope with alternative narratives is crucial.
  • A healthy skepticism towards singular, conventional solutions is warranted for dementia research.