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Enhancing Person-Centred Care through Research-
Based Drama
Christine Jonas-Simpson, Ph.D., Sherry L. Dupuis, Ph.D., Gail Mitchell, Ph.D., Colleen Whyte, Ph.D.(c),
Jennifer Gillies, Ph.D., and Jennifer Carson, Ph.D.(c)
We declare no conflict of Interest.
I’m Still Here
Clip from ISH
The Long Good-Bye
The 36 Hour Day
the BURDEN of care
the demented
a shell of himself
fading away
challenging behaviours
Loss of Selfdoomed
aggressive
Purpose To demonstrate the lasting impact (over a one-year period) of research-based drama on family members of persons with dementia and professionals working in dementia care
• human science/ phenomenology
• set of 15 pre- and post-performance focus groups (n=106 participants)
• interviews 6 weeks (n=99) and 12 months (n=83) after viewing
Methodology and Method
Process of Personal Transformation Through Research-
Based Drama
Opportunity to Bear Witness
to Other’s Suffering
Process of Personal Transformation Through Research-
Based Drama
Expanding While Affirming
Awareness and Understanding
Process of Personal Transformation Through Research-
Based Drama
Comfort, Confidence, and
Courage to Change
Process of Personal Transformation Through Research-
Based DramaInspiring
New Ways of Relating
with Others and Society
Process of Personal Transformation Through Research-
Based Drama
Igniting Transformative Self-Reflection
“I am concerned with the performance of subversive...narratives... The performance of possibilities aims to create ...a...space where unjust systems and processes are identified and interrogated.”
D. Soyini Madison, 1998
References1. Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. J., Carson, J., Whyte, C., Dupuis, S., & Gillies, J. (in
press). Phenomenological shifts for healthcare professionals after experiencing a research-based drama on living with dementia. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
2. Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Whyte, C., Carson, J., & Gillies, J. (in press). The experience of engaging with research-based drama. Evaluation and explication of synergy and transformation. Qualitative Inquiry.
3. Dupuis, S. L., Gillies, J., Mitchell, G. J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Whyte, C., & Carson, J. (in press). Catapulting shifts in images, understandings and actions through research-based drama. Family Relations.
4. Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S., & Jonas-Simpson, C. (in press). Countering stigma with understanding: The role of theatre in social change and transformation. Canadian Theatre Review.
5. Mitchell, G. J., Jonas-Simpson, C. M., & Ivonoffski, V. (2006). Research-based theatre: The making of I’m Still Here! Nursing Science Quarterly, 19, 198-206.
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
For information on the DVD version and teaching-learning guide:
www.marep.uwaterloo.ca
For information about the study: [email protected] or [email protected]