Life Is A Stage: Dementia Care and the Dramatic Arts

生命是一个舞台：痴呆症护理和戏剧艺术

基本信息

批准号：
8462499
负责人：
John Zeisel
金额：
$ 55.68万
依托单位：
HEARTHSTONE ALZHEIMER CARE, LTD
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-08-01 至 2014-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Market potential exists for development of works of drama that can be performed in facilities providing care for persons with dementia, and which can involve such residents interactively. Therefore, the purpose of this Phase 2 project is to refine two plays created in our Phase 1 SBIR (Life Is A Stage": Dementia Care and the Dramatic Arts) that can be performed in residences serving persons with dementia, and to create two new plays for this purpose. Plays are designed to provide either a linear or non-linear structure. The linear structure is more narrative-based, with more fixed roles and settings. The non-linear structure relies more on spontaneous and improvisational approaches. In Phase 1, we found that persons with early to moderate dementia were most engaged during the performance of the non-linear play, and those with more advanced dementia were more engaged during the linear play. In the alpha development stage of this Phase 2 grant, the original plays and two new plays (1 linear, 1 non-linear) will be performed in three different types of dementia care settings - Adult Day Care Centers, Assisted Living Facilities, and Special Care Units (SCUs) of long-term care facilities - by acting students used in Phase 1 in two of each type of setting in two geographic areas: the Greater New York City area and in the Greater Boston area. In each specific setting, a linear and a non-linear play will be performed. In the beta development stage, our experiences in the alpha development stage will result in revisions of the four plays. In addition, all scripts, props, instructions (including a DVD showing performances and how to stage the plays) will come out of a package (we call it the "Drama Box") that Program and Activity Directors would use to put on their own interactive drama programs with clients and residents. All 4 plays in one of each type of dementia care setting will be performed in the Greater Boston area. This product will then be tested in a similar way in one of each type of dementia care setting in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area. The objectives of the Phase 2 project are: 1) To create use our experience from Phase 1 to revise two interactive plays for persons with dementia developed in Phase 1 and to create 2 new interactive plays; 2) To assess whether the type of play - linear or non-linear - differentially affects persons with dementia and their caregivers; 3) To determine if engagement is differentially affected by standard programming versus taking part in a play in residents with dementia; 4) To determine if perceptions of dementia and capabilities of persons with dementia, along with quality of life measures, change across time after performances; 5) To assess whether there are differences in the effects produced by the plays across different residential settings and resident samples; 6) To determine if effects produced when plays are performed by actors can be replicated when performances are supervised by activity staff using the beta version of Life Is A Stage"; and 7) To use our experience in the Phase 2 project to create a final, market ready version of the product.

描述（由申请人提供）：开发戏剧作品存在市场潜力，这些作品可以在为痴呆症患者提供护理的设施中表演，并且可以让这些居民参与互动。因此，第二阶段项目的目的是完善第一阶段 SBIR（生命是一个舞台：痴呆症护理和戏剧艺术）中创作的两部可以在为痴呆症患者服务的住宅中表演的戏剧，并创造两部新的戏剧为此目的，戏剧被设计为提供线性或非线性结构。线性结构更加基于叙事，具有更多固定的角色和场景。 1、我们发现，患有早期至中度痴呆症的人在非线性游戏的表演中最为投入，而患有较严重痴呆症的人在线性游戏的阿尔法开发阶段更加投入。两部新剧（一部是线性的，一部是非线性的）将在三种不同类型的痴呆症护理机构——成人日托中心、辅助生活设施和长期护理机构的特殊护理单位（SCU）——通过表演进行表演阶段使用的学生在两个地理区域中每种类型的设置中排名第一：大纽约地区和大波士顿地区。在每个特定设置中，将执行线性和非线性播放。在Beta开发阶段，我们将根据Alpha开发阶段的经验对四个剧本进行修改。此外，所有剧本、道具、说明（包括展示表演和如何上演戏剧的 DVD）都将放在一个包中（我们称之为“戏剧盒”），节目和活动总监将用该包自行放置与客户和居民的互动戏剧节目。每种类型的痴呆症护理环境中的所有 4 场演出都将在大波士顿地区进行。然后，该产品将以类似的方式在俄亥俄州大克利夫兰地区的每种类型的痴呆症护理机构中进行测试。第二阶段项目的目标是： 1) 利用第一阶段的经验，修改第一阶段开发的两个针对痴呆症患者的互动游戏，并创建两个新的互动游戏； 2) 评估游戏类型（线性或非线性）是否对痴呆症患者及其照顾者产生不同影响； 3) 确定痴呆症居民的参与度是否受到标准节目与参加戏剧的不同影响； 4) 确定痴呆症患者的认知、痴呆症患者的能力以及生活质量指标是否会随着表演后时间的推移而变化； 5）评估不同居住环境和居民样本的戏剧效果是否存在差异； 6) 确定在使用《人生就是舞台》测试版的活动工作人员监督表演时，是否可以复制演员表演戏剧时产生的效果；以及 7) 利用我们在第二阶段项目中的经验来创建最终的，产品的市场就绪版本。