Titlebook: Losing It; Staging the Cultural Dorothy Chansky Book 2023 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Sprin

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Cellular DataA thumbnail history of the Alzheimer’s movement in the U.S., from the 1970s till 2022. Not only is Alzheimer’s the only form of dementia but the juggernaut Alzheimer’s Association, despite its programs for families and caregivers, still lobbies Congress for research funds at thirteen times the rate

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No. Regrets.ass Manhattan family and tells the story of a wealthy, vigorous grandmother’s decline through the eyes of her loving but somewhat clueless grandson. . (winner of the 2016 Tony Award for best play) features a blue-collar grandmother (living with dementia) and her working-class son and daughter-in-law

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Who Cares?cleanliness, and a modicum of dignity and stimulation (if they are fortunate enough to get the latter two) on private funds, family members willing and able to step up, or an eventual trip to a public nursing home after virtually all personal assets have been depleted. As caregiver advocate Ai-jen P

commonsense

有恶意

Introductioner women were always there) often created a “second shift” if they were wage earners and also expected to care for a family member with dementia. What plays show about dementia morphs as public awareness evolves. Précis of the eleven case study plays.

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Supporting Role: atter realm were suspicious of research. The play was a plea for sympathy for patients; for support for the value of research; and a bid for attention to a host of mental illnesses. The character with dementia, Old Man Adams, drives a major subplot. Lee Strasberg directed Sanford Meisner in the role of the frustrated research physician.

Spirometry

Who Cares? emphasis on doctors as demigods and more concern for boots on the life-in-the-everyday-lane ground. Is it time for a play that might summon an ensemble response to the lives of caregivers? Do they deserve to be seen in their own play minus any employers, as Black women who perform domestic labor were seen front and center in .?

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Walk-On: (and genteel) but firm feminist. As well, while it is easy to read decades’ worth of revivals as an investment in the quaint, the generally amateur context in which these productions were mounted offers a rich site for examining anxiety, intergenerational solidarity, and even existential dilemmas rooted in a middle-class, American context.

mutineer

From the Insideot. Performance artist Peggy Shaw’s 2013 solo piece . is based on her experience of having and surviving a stroke. It combines humor with serious questions, showing the iconic performer as needing assistance with her lines (among other things she discusses), even as she remains a commanding stage presence.