Timmerman Guus, Leest Judith
Research & Development, The Presence Foundation, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2022 Jun 1;8:23337214221097837. doi: 10.1177/23337214221097837. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
Do professional actors playing someone with dementia in training situations have knowledge of what it is like to be someone with dementia? And what knowledge? In preparation of a phenomenological study into the experience of people with advanced dementia in residential care, we interviewed four of these actors. Reflecting on their own experience with people with dementia and other experiences in their life enabled them to explore and find a reservoir of movements, gestures, postures, gazes, emotions, and responses from which they draw during their play. This reservoir is confirmed and refined in their playing persons with dementia. Their preparation, experience while playing, and reflection, validated by the response from caregivers, family members and people with dementia, make their knowledge as near as we can get to the experience of people with advanced dementia. Taking in this knowledge contributes to a larger repertoire to draw from in practising moral imagination.
在培训场景中扮演患有痴呆症患者的专业演员，是否了解身为痴呆症患者是怎样的感受？了解哪些方面的感受？在准备一项关于老年痴呆症晚期患者在机构护理中的体验的现象学研究时，我们采访了其中四位演员。对他们自身与痴呆症患者相处的经历以及生活中的其他经历进行反思，使他们能够探索并找到一系列动作、手势、姿势、眼神、情感和反应，供他们在表演时取用。这个“宝库”在他们扮演痴呆症患者的过程中得到了确认和完善。他们的准备、表演时的体验以及反思，得到了护理人员、家庭成员和痴呆症患者的反馈验证，使他们的认知尽可能贴近老年痴呆症晚期患者的体验。汲取这些知识有助于在实践道德想象力时拥有更丰富的素材以供借鉴。
