Pyjamas in the Daytime examines the relationship between an aged care worker James, and Phyllis, the cheeky, manipulative and funny resident in her late-70s. Neither wants to be thrust together, but they form a connection from their first meeting.
2014: Blackbox Theatre (Newcastle Community Art Centre), Hamilton, New South Wales; 16-24 May
'The Australian government has recently received the report of a Royal Commission into the nation’s management of aged care. This followed media scandals about physical and sexual abuse, neglect and inadequate controls during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though all discussion occurred within a national context, this chapter shows that the aged-care ‘industry’ is a space of transnational flows, both in the export of business and models and in the internal movements of staff who are frequently unskilled immigrant labour. The chapter notes some Australian-Indian links and looks at how ‘the old folks’ home’ as heterotopic space has been represented in Australian literature.'
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'Grahame Cooper's work with aged care residents as a diversional therapist over 20 years has given him an appreciation of their backgrounds,' writes Ken Longworth.
'Grahame Cooper's work with aged care residents as a diversional therapist over 20 years has given him an appreciation of their backgrounds,' writes Ken Longworth.
'The Australian government has recently received the report of a Royal Commission into the nation’s management of aged care. This followed media scandals about physical and sexual abuse, neglect and inadequate controls during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though all discussion occurred within a national context, this chapter shows that the aged-care ‘industry’ is a space of transnational flows, both in the export of business and models and in the internal movements of staff who are frequently unskilled immigrant labour. The chapter notes some Australian-Indian links and looks at how ‘the old folks’ home’ as heterotopic space has been represented in Australian literature.'
Source: Abstract.
