Street Clothes Research Articles

Stanislavsky, Portraiture, and Theatrical Photography

ABSTRACT In an age when Russian artists painted flamboyant portraits of leading actors in their roles, Konstantin Stanislavsky chose to be portrayed mostly in street clothes and by drawing and photography. This was in keeping with his theatrical aesthetic, playing down the actor’s personality and avoiding declamatory histrionics. Photography had recorded Russian theatre from the late nineteenth century and a thriving market for actor portraits flourished in big cities. The Moscow Art Theatre was dedicated to preserving its productions via photography, even as Stanislavsky noted the medium’s inability to capture the life of a performance.

‘… sure to delight every ballet fan’: Consuming ballet culture through girls’ periodical Girl, 1952–60

This article focuses on the ways that ballet was presented for girl readers to consume in Girl (Hulton Press, 1952–64). Girl was a weekly publication, part of girls’ periodical culture in Britain, which was thriving in the 1950s and 1960s. The ballet content it contained was one aspect of the growing British cultural engagement with ballet in the mid-twentieth century. This broader engagement included watching films and attending performances. In addition, for younger participants, especially girls, this may have been accompanied by participation in ballet classes and reading ballet fiction and non-fiction. Girl encompasses all these forms of engagement with ballet through key fictional comic strip ‘Belle of the Ballet’, photographs of performances, pin-ups featuring dancers and paintings about ballet, articles and non-fiction companion volumes. Arnold Haskell, significant in changing how ballet was understood in Britain, was also involved with content in Girl. This connection resulted in readers having the opportunity to compete for an annual ballet scholarship and participate in ballet lessons. In exploring ballet in Girl, the article draws together considerations of how ballet practice, costume, other media involving ballet and dancers’ street clothes were portrayed and the ways that class, ballet and girls’ culture were intertwined.

“Sure a Strong Devil”: Mabel Frazer, A. B. Wright, and the University of Utah Art Department's 1937 Sexual Misconduct Case

“Sure a Strong Devil”: Mabel Frazer, A. B. Wright, and the University of Utah Art Department's 1937 Sexual Misconduct Case

A Whole Carnal Stereophony: The Wooster Group Stages Brecht

A Whole Carnal Stereophony: The Wooster Group Stages Brecht

Invisible Moral Wounds of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Experiencing Moral Injury?

Invisible Moral Wounds of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Experiencing Moral Injury?

The impact of street clothes among caregivers on residents with dementia in special care units: The STRECLO study.

To examine the impact of caregivers' street clothes on people living in special care units (SCUs). We hypothesised that caregivers wearing street clothes would improve residents' relationships with other residents and caregivers and, as a consequence, would improve their quality of life. Environmental factors have been recognised as important elements in the care of people with dementia. Among these factors, the importance of the caregivers' appearance and more particularly their street clothes has been raised. The Street Clothes study (STRECLO) was designed as a multicentre crossover observational study. This study was conducted in two volunteer nursing homes. It involved videotaping residents (N=24) over a 6-month period: caregivers wore uniform and then street clothes for two consecutive three-month periods. Three outcome measures were observed as follows: (a) behaviours of residents, (b) contents of conversations and (c) proximal interactions between residents and caregivers. The STROBE checklist was used to ensure quality reporting during this observational study. When caregivers wore street clothes, we observed the following: (a) greater solicitation and less anxiety in residents, (b) content of conversations between residents and caregivers included more personal and less health information, and (c) more proximal interaction between caregivers and residents. To our knowledge, this is the first study which investigated the long-term effects on residents of SCU caregivers wearing street clothes. Our study demonstrated the potential benefit of not wearing uniform on the quality of life of institutionalised people with dementia. Given the budgetary constraints faced by nursing homes, wearing street clothes for caregivers could be readily applied to clinical practice and represents a promising way to increase the quality of life of dementia residents and their families.

Firefighter protective clothing and self contained breathing apparatus does not alter balance testing using a standard sensory organization test or motor control test in healthy, rested individuals

BackgroundThere is a high rate of injury associated with firefighting: in 2016, 21% of all fireground injuries were attributed to falls, jumps and slips. Examining factors related to balance, including experience in wearing firefighter gear, may assist in reducing injury related to falls. ObjectivesTo assess the effects of wearing firefighter gear on postural balance in firefighters and non-firefighters in a rested condition. MethodsEach subject attended two sessions. In session 1, informed consent was obtained, a threshold audiogram was collected, and the sensory organization test (SOT) and motor control test (MCT) were administered with the subject dressed in street clothes. The second session was comprised of three different conditions with the order of testing randomized across subjects: street clothing, firefighter protective garments (coat, pants, helmet, hood) with breathing apparatus but no facemask, and firefighter protective garments with breathing apparatus and facemask. Twenty subjects participated: ten firefighters (8 males) and sex and age-matched non-firefighters (8 males) completed the study. ResultsSOT scores were obtained for each sub-condition, including the overall performance score and sensory weightings. For the MCT, latency and amplitude data were obtained for the three forward and three reverse translation conditions. A significant difference was found for large forward surface translations in the MCT in firefighters. ConclusionIn spite of the altered center of balance created by breathing apparatus and the altered visual cues created by the facemask, wearing firefighter gear did not substantively affect anterior-posterior postural stability or motor response to linear translation in rested, healthy individuals. Firefighters and non-firefighters performed similarly across all except one of the experimental conditions.

Molecular assessment of visitor personal protective equipment contamination with the Aleutian mink disease virus and porcine circovirus-2 in mink and porcine farms.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an element of biosecurity intended to prevent the access or spread of diseases in farms. Nevertheless, to date no extensive reports exist about the effectiveness of different available PPE on farms. Thus, our aim was to estimate the degree of protection of PPE from viral contamination during farm visits. Two farms, infected with Aleutian mink disease virus and porcine circovirus–2 respectively, were visited by six visitors wearing different combinations of PPE: coveralls with hood and bootcovers, both with a certified barrier to infective agents (certified PPE group) and non-certified bootcover and coverall without hood (non-certified PPE group). Seventy-two swab samples from PPE and both hair and street clothes under PPE were taken after the visit and analysed by qPCR. Our results reveal viral exposure during visits, and the external protections of body and shoes were contaminated in all cases (24/24). In addition, protection from viral contamination varied noticeably according to the biosecurity elements used. A higher number of positives were detected in the non-certified PPE group than in the certified PPE group, both in elements under external protections (14/18 vs 3/18) and also in hair (4/6 vs 0/6). In fact, non-certified bootcovers broke during visits, resulting in viral contamination of the internal elements under them; these are consequently not suitable for using with wrinkled surfaces usually found in farm facilities. Thus, certified coveralls should be used in order to prevent contaminations, and workers and personnel of farms should be trained in their proper use. qPCR is a useful tool in the risk management of biosecurity programmes, and our results may serve as a model to evaluate different biosecurity measures.

Do Australian drivers give female cyclists more room when passing?

Cycling has demonstrated health benefits, but the fear of collisions with motor vehicles discourages many people from riding on the road, particularly women. Previous studies have reported mixed results about the factors influencing the distances left by drivers when passing cyclists. The present research aimed to control for other rider, roadway and traffic factors to understand whether cyclist gender influences passing distances. Video recordings of 1113 passing events (865 males, 248 females) occurring in Southeast Queensland, Australia after the introduction of a minimum passing distance road rule were analysed. Events were at sites with narrow or wide lanes and 40 or 60 km/h speed zones. Linear mixed modelling was used to examine the association between gender of the cyclist and the passing distance, after adjusting for rider characteristics (clothing type, riding single file or two or more abreast), the type of over-taking vehicle, the time of the observation (time of day, weekday or weekend), and the site characteristics (speed zone and lane width). In the modelling, observations were nested within the date of observation. No significant relationships between gender and passing distance or interactions between gender and the other factors were found. Passing distance appears to be influenced by cyclists’ clothing, vehicle type, traffic volumes, and speed limits. Greater passing distance was given to cyclists who wore street clothes (versus lycra). Motorcycle or scooter riders gave more passing distance than did drivers of small passenger vehicles. Passing distance was also greater when overtaking occurred during morning peak (versus evening peak), and in 60 km/h speed zones (versus 40 km/h speed zones). The results do not support the findings of previous studies that drivers give more space when overtaking female cyclists.

‘He was wearing street clothes, not pyjamas’: common mistakes in lawyers’ assessment of legal capacity for vulnerable older clients

ABSTRACTLawyers are increasingly called upon to deal with older clients and have ethical responsibilities to attest to their capacity for legal decision-making. As witnesses to enduring documents, the making of wills and other significant advance planning transactions, lawyers play a role in preventing elder abuse and in upholding the rights of older people. To date however, there has been very little empirical research examining how lawyers assess an older person’s legal decision-making capacity. This article presents research examining three years of capacity complaints made to the New South Wales Office of Legal Services Commissioner. Four case studies from the complaint files expose some common failings in the way that lawyers interact with older clients who have experienced cognitive impairment. The process of capacity assessment is viewed through the theoretical lens of vulnerability to highlight how the actions of lawyers and regulators can exacerbate the inherent and situational vulnerability of older people with a cognitive impairment. The author argues that improvements in capacity guidelines, legal education and robust enforcement of ethical rules are required to safeguard the rights of older clients and help prevent abuse. The findings will have implications for lawyers and regulators everywhere dealing with an ageing population.

Thoughts on the Problem of the Film

Thoughts on the Problem of the Film Romano Guardini (bio) Translated by Patricia Greene The film has assumed colossal proportions. It gives the impression of something firmly established and constantly growing. It penetrates so deeply into the life of the entire populace, and often produces such unfortunate consequences, that one is forced to give it serious consideration. The critic of culture and art is often repelled by the movies. And he tends to exaggerate the urgency with which the movies are seeking recognition. It is necessary that the critic realize he has some responsibility in the matter. He might try to do away with the problem by saying: I do not take films seriously. They are of inferior value and will remain so. They simply provide an outlet which our restless age requires. Therefore, I expect the movies to do what they can in a somewhat tasteful manner, and not try to inflate themselves into something of cultural significance, which they are not. Something of value could come into existence in this fashion, something intellectually satisfying, ethically powerful and esthetically enjoyable. But this would be only a peripheral phenomenon; an esthetic measuring rod is not suitable for the film as a whole. [End Page 141] One might conjecture that this esthetic criticism occasionally disquiets the apologists for an artistic mission of the film. They are taken aback by the fact that early in its career, the film became an affair of the masses. The drama, which it resembles as a spectacle, arose from a quite exclusive origin: ritual. It has an ancient and rich history, and for a long time after its removal into the secular theater, it remained bound to the upper social stratum. The film, on the other hand, is an upstart, and has always been in the province of the multitude. Quite early in its development technical science and commerce saw that it contained something responding to universally operative instincts, and therefore had great possibilities. Soon afterwards its possibilities for influencing the masses were realized. Movies, then, dismissed very early any pretension of measure and restraint and gave themselves over to large numbers: large numbers of performances daily, large numbers of movies on a grand scale, immense capital, and a whole world of people and organizations, machines and technicians. The result was an enormous rate and quantity of production with all its consequent efficiency. Men of pretension to higher culture were thus compelled to feel that the film was a matter of no special merit. There are indubitable symptoms of this feeling. While the theater demands form of the theatergoer: a more select manner of dress, a somewhat solemn deportment, the moviegoer feels exempt from this sort of obligation. He comes in street clothes; on entering, he often keeps his hat on his head. In Latin countries he smokes away during the performance. A certain contempt is manifested here which does not stem from principles and intentions but rather from the certainty of an instinctive perception of quality. The Phenomenon I We must first ascertain what is the source of the inferiority of the film. This will provide an opportunity of illuminating the negative aspects of the movies with some exactitude. I beg of you to take this [End Page 142] criticism as it is intended. It is not expressed for its own sake, but rather with a positive purpose in view. One must also seek the possibility for a more positive and constructive analysis with regard to better execution of the film. The critical point seems to lie in the relation between reality and the artistically imaginative presentation as it emerged in the film from the very first. Art is not reality.1 Art fastens on one aspect of the world, works through to its essence, to some essential thing in it, and presents it in the unreal arena of the performance. Naturally there are elements of reality in a work of art: the color, the weight, the tone, the spoken or printed word and so forth. The seen, heard, and spoken form, however, which is represented, is behind all this reality, in the imagination, and must be elicited visually or auditorially by the viewer...

The Radial Lounge: Delivering Peri-procedural Care in a Different Way (Recliner Chair Recovery, Less or No Sedation, Less Clinical Oversight and, Mostly, Keeping Patients in Their Street Clothes)

The Radial Lounge: Delivering Peri-procedural Care in a Different Way (Recliner Chair Recovery, Less or No Sedation, Less Clinical Oversight and, Mostly, Keeping Patients in Their Street Clothes)

‘Mod Movement in Quality Street Clothes’: British Popular Music and Pantomime, 1955–75

From the late 1950s onwards, young rock ‘n’ roll musicians and popular singers were introduced into commercial Christmas pantomime productions. While this practice, which constituted an extension of their involvement in the broader sphere of variety theatre, has been previously noted, it is seldom accorded much sustained attention. In this article Gillian Mitchell explores the impact which such performers made upon pantomime, while observing the ways in which involvement in pantomime productions affected their careers and aspirations. ‘Pop stars’ brought much-needed revenue to struggling theatres, and, while their presence onstage alongside experienced pantomime performers sometimes attracted criticism, they also contributed in many ways to a reinvigoration of the medium, whether by offering fresh scope for topical gags, or by giving ambitious producers the chance to more more experimental types of production. The article also questions the notion that, by the late 1960s, pantomime had become a ‘last refuge’ for those popular musicians who were apparently unable to maintain a foothold in the increasingly ‘serious’ world of rock music. Gillian A.M. Mitchell is a Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews. This article forms part of a larger project which explores adult reactions to popular music and inter-generational relations in Britain from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Distribution of Aleutian mink disease virus contamination in the environment of infected mink farms

Control and eradication of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus (AMDV) are a major concern for fur-bearing animal production. Despite notably reducing disease prevalence, current control programs are unable to prevent the reinfection of farms, and environmental AMDV persistence seems to play a major role regarding this issue. In this study 114 samples from different areas and elements of seven infected mink farms were analyzed by qPCR in order to evaluate the environmental distribution of AMDV load. Samples were classified into nine categories, depending on the type of sample and degree of proximity to the animals, the main source of infection. Two different commercial DNA extraction kits were employed in parallel for all samples. qPCR analysis showed 69.3% positive samples with one kit and 81.6% with the other, and significant differences between the two DNA extraction methods were found regarding AMDV DNA recovery. Regarding sample categorization, all categories showed a high percentage of AMDV positive samples (31%–100%). Quantification of positive samples showed a decrease in AMDV load from animal barns to the periphery of the farm. In addition, those elements in direct contact with animals, the street clothes and vehicles of farm workers and personal protective equipment used for sampling showed a high viral load, and statistical analysis revealed significant differences in AMDV load between the first and last categories. These results indicate high environmental contamination of positive farms, which is helpful for future considerations about cleaning and disinfection procedures and biosecurity protocols.

Why Live?: A Question for 21st Century Theatre

36 WLT JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2016 photo : hugo glendinning E ight performers wearing cheap red cloaks and yellow cardboard crowns sit in a row of eight wooden chairs along the edge of the stage. Plainly visible below their cloaks are the performers’ everyday street clothes. Footlights illuminate their faces, recalling both vaudeville and the flashlight held below one’s chin while telling a ghost story. In the upstage darkness there is a table with a pitcher of water, bottles of beer, and snacks—the kind of table one might set out at a party. A king begins to tell a story. He recounts it as one might to a friend over a pint, casually and without affect: “Once upon a time, a lonely night watchman noticed a pixelated spot in the footage from a security camera installed in a corridor. The footage was otherwise clear except for this one little spot of pixelation. Intrigued by this anomaly, the night watchman went to investigate, only to discover that the pixelation existed in the fabric of reality itself . . .” “Stop,” says one of the queens, who revises the story: “Once upon a time, a lonely night watchman watched the footage from a security camera installed in a corridor and saw his mother . . .” She continues telling the story until another queen stops her and begins telling a story about a sex-crazed plumber. Then, another king stops her and returns to the story of the night watchman, until he too is interrupted, this time by a king telling a story about a talking dog. Over the course of the night, during these stories, a sprawling cast of characters multiplies, as do subplots involving gay soldiers, wizards in forests, murderous children, and philosophical robots. Each story—or is it simply one long, endlessly mutating story?—is dragged up from the memories and imaginations of the eight performers on the spot. Over the course of the six hours we are gathered together, this prismatic narrative seems to contain every story ever told, though no story is ever completed. As in life, we are perpetually in the process of experiencing the narrative, grasping but never truly able to apprehend its conclusion. Moving from the extraordinary to the banal, we encounter stories of religious ecstasy, fables, ghost tales, love stories, domestic tragedies, and a few raunchy sexcapades. It is clearly a game, and the audience becomes giddy watching the kings and queens play it, competing with one another to hold our attention, interrupting one another and commandeering the narrative, exaggerating certain details or removing key points altogether. The storytelling is essay Why Live? A Question for 21st Century Theatre by Jordan Tannahill In an era where the screen reigns supreme, why “live”? And in a moment when our lives are becoming increasingly virtual, why bother telling stories the old-fashioned way, with a bunch of bodies gathered in a room? As in life, we are perpetually in the process of experiencing the narrative, grasping but never truly able to apprehend its conclusion. WORLDLITERATURETODAY.ORG 37 at times weary, at other times hysterical, obscene, absurd, tender. At times, some of the kings and queens leave their chairs and wander over to the snack table and take a swig of beer, or lie down for a rest in the darkness beyond the chairs while the others carry on. At one point in the night, perhaps around ten or eleven, there are only two kings left speaking, and then, twenty minutes later, two queens return, a king leaves, and a half-hour later, without my even noticing it, all eight are back in their chairs. This ebbing and flowing of performers mirrors the ebbing and flowing of the audience in the theatre; we are given permission to come and go as needed, to take a break, grab a bite, empty our bladders. The show is six hours long after all. And there is no pretense of what “should” happen in the theatre. I feel total permission to laugh out loud, to groan, to rest my eyes when I am bored. It feels as if the audience and the performers are truly in this together. The show is And on the Thousandth Night...

Abstract: Making Evidence Based Changes on the Labor Ward of Muhima Hospital: Staff Teaching Staff

BackgroundIn January 2014 it was noted that Muhima hospital was lagging behind in providing certain aspects of evidenced based care in the labor unit. In particular, there was underuse of delayed cord clamping, skin to skin contact, upright position for labor and delivery, and preparation for newborn resuscitation. On the other hand, there was an overuse of high doses of Pitocin™ (oxytocin) in the second stage of labor and episiotomy. In addition, there were hygiene issues around patients wearing street clothes in labor and for the delivery, and not having sanitary pads to collect vaginal secretions including blood and amniotic fluid. All these things can lead to increased maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.DescriptionA program was put in place that involved staff and midwifery students doing twice weekly presentations on the above topics at morning meetings, with support for their preparation that included learning how to access information from the internet and make a power point presentation. In addition global trainings on helping babies breath, and helping mothers survive were established monthly for all staff. Bedside teaching and mentoring by those in-charge, advanced midwifery students and Human Resources for Health (HRH) faculty of the United States Institute (USI) were involved to translate theory to practice. At the end of one year we have found that there have been significant changes in clinical practice. Skin to skin with delayed cord clamping after birth is now practiced universally in the labor ward. There is always an AMBU™ bag (i.e. bag valve mask) present on the warmer. Many woman are using upright positions including squatting for delivery. High doses of oxytocin are no longer seen being given in second stage. Episiotomies are no longer routine and all woman now have adult pampers and hospital gowns.Lessons LearnedStaff embraced the change even though initially resistant, learned how to find information on the internet and found that making power points was fun, and evidenced based changes were made.ConclusionImportant evidence based changes in clinical care have been made at Muhima hospital by having staff research the internet and teach each other both didactic and clinical content with the support of advanced students and USI HRH faculty.Key words: cord clamping, skin to skin contact, upright position for labor, oxytocin

Causes of mortality in farmed mink in the Intermountain West, North America.

The primary causes of mortality were identified in postmortem examination of 339 (90.9%) of 373 farmed mink (Neovison vison; syn. Mustela vison) from January 2009 through June 2014 at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (Logan, Utah). Mink were raised under farm conditions in the Intermountain West in North America, except for 1 submission of mink from Wisconsin. In the 339 mink where cause(s) of death were established, 311 (91.7%) died from a single disease or condition, whereas 28 (8.3%) had 2 diseases or conditions contributing to death. Where cause(s) of death were evident, 11 diseases accounted for 321 (94.7%) of the diagnoses: bacterial pneumonia (67, 18.8%), Aleutian mink disease (61, 17.7%), mink viral enteritis (56, 16.2%), hepatic lipidosis (28, 8.1%), nutritional myopathy (24, 7%), bacterial enterocolitis (17, 4.9%), bacterial septicemia (16, 4.6%), starvation (15, 4.3%), epizootic catarrhal gastroenteritis of mink (14, 4.1%), pancreatitis (13, 3.8%), and bacterial metritis (10, 2.9%). In 34 (9.1%) animals, a cause of death was not evident. In an additional 16 (4.3%) of the mink, botulism was suspected from clinical history but could not be confirmed by laboratory testing. Control measures for the most common causes of death in farmed mink include testing and removal of positive animals (Aleutian mink disease), vaccination (Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia, mink viral enteritis), avoidance of obesity in mink (hepatic lipidosis), and environmental management, including maintaining clean water cups, floors, feed troughs, cages, feed silos, feed truck tires, workers' shoes, dining areas for farm personnel, leather mink handling gloves, street clothes, and coveralls.

Face and body: independent predictors of women's attractiveness.

Women's faces and bodies are both thought to provide cues to women's age, health, fertility, and personality. To gain a stronger understanding of how these cues are utilized, we investigated the degree to which ratings of women's faces and bodies independently predicted ratings of women's full-body attractiveness. Women came into the lab not knowing they would be photographed. In Study 1 (N=84), we photographed them in their street clothes; in Study 2 (N=74), we photographed women in a solid-colored two-piece swimsuit that revealed their body shape, body size, and breast size. We cropped each woman's original photo into an additional face-only photo and body-only photo; then, independent sets of raters judged women's pictures. When dressed in their original clothes, women's face-only ratings were better independent predictors of full-body attractiveness ratings than were their body-only ratings. When cues displayed in women's bodies were made conspicuous by swimsuits, ratings of faces and bodies were similarly strong predictors of full-body attractiveness ratings. Moreover, women's body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio were tied to ratings of women's body attractiveness, with waist-to-hip ratio more important among women wearing swimsuits than among women wearing their original clothes. These results suggest that perceivers attend to cues of women's health, fertility, and personality to the extent that they are visible.

Sonographic determination of spleen to left kidney ratio among Igbo school age children of south east Nigeria.

Clinical determination of mild splenomegaly is notoriously inaccurate. To determine sonographically the spleen to left kidney ratio according to age and somatometric parameters among school age children in a tropical environment. A cross sectional study and convenience sampling were done on 947 apparently healthy subjects (496 boys and 451 girls) aged 6-17 years at the University of Nigeria Medical Centre, Nsukka. The sonographic examination was performed on Shenzhen DP-1100 machine with 3.5 and 5 MHz convex transducers. Spleen and left kidney lengths were obtained using appropriate techniques. The weight and height of the subjects were obtained with the participants wearing light weight street clothes without shoes. Measurement of spleen and left kidney lengths were reliable within and between sonographers. The spleen and left kidney lengths were not statistically different in boys and girls (p > 0.05). The spleen to left kidney ratio according to age and somatometric parameters is constant at about 1.13 with 1.3 as the upper limit of normal in the studied population. Sonography can be used to detect mild splenomegaly if the spleen to left kidney ratio is greater than 1.3 in the absence of renal disease among school age children.

Judging a book by its cover: uniforms and quality of life in special care units for people with dementia.

In certain health care facilities, the staff commonly wear uniforms for dementia care. Wearing uniforms are often believed to improve the well-being of institutionalized people with dementia (PwD) by facilitating orientation and preserving hygiene. However, when studied more thoroughly, it appears that their use counters to person centeredness. This study aims to investigate the impact of wearing uniforms on the quality of life (QoL) of institutionalized PwD. A natural experimental design was operated in 4 special care units (SCUs) in France. Two SCUs served as an experimental group (caregivers wearing street clothes except when performing hands-on physical care; N = 13) and 2 served as a comparison group (caregivers wearing uniforms; N = 14). The QoL of PwD was measured using the QoL-Alzheimer's Disease scale, and focus groups were carried out with caregivers. Overall and significantly enhanced QoL scores were observed for the experimental street clothing staff group when compared to the uniform group. Caregivers also reported subjective impressions of overall beneficial outcomes for PwD when the caregivers were not wearing uniforms and reported feeling more at ease when interacting with them. Results are discussed in terms of intergroup relationships, living and working conditions, and ethical issues.