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'It's about people, not process
- Author:
- ALLEN Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 2017/January 2018, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The author visits Sutton Mental Health Foundation to find out how they are putting the voice of the service users at the heart of adult safeguarding through their Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) Group. The group's achievements include a report on key principles of safeguarding, guidance to change practice of safeguarding across mental health services, and influencing staff training. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integration under threat
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth, BARCHAM Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.11, 2011, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Highlights the benefits social work has brought to NHS mental health teams. The article stresses the importance of providing professional leadership support social workers within the mental health teams to enable integrated services to work effectively.
Rough times
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth, JONES Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.9.98, 1998, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
In the wake of a new government report on rough sleeping, the authors examine the potential consequences.
Receiving support when older: what makes it OK?
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth E.S., WILES Janine L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 54(4), 2014, pp.670-682.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Community-dwelling childless older people (n = 38, aged 63–93) were interviewed about their experiences and expectations of support, as they comprise a group “at risk” of lack of support. Responses were analyzed within a narrative gerontology framework of positioning theory as to how receiving support was “positioned” and how it related to growing older. Participants defined support in widely diverse ways; it was not a straightforward concept. Receiving support could be warranted by particular circumstances such as illness, made acceptable by the qualities of the support giver, and/or by being part of reciprocal exchanges across time. Support receiving was resisted when associated with difficult interpersonal dynamics or assumptions of incapacity. It was also in tension with preferred positions of being “independent” or of needing “no support.” Participants positioned “oldness” negatively and as both equivalent to the need for support and as a potential outcome of being a support receiver. The research shows that support can be hard to define and hard to receive. Needs assessors and researchers asking “Do you have enough support?” need to consider how support is positioned to better target appropriate help. Assumptions about at-risk groups can be misleading; many childless participants had a lifetime of self-support or an intentionally developed “web of contacts” at a size that suited them, even if they looked unsupported to others. (Edited publisher abstract)
Resilience: thoughts on the value of the concept for critical gerontology
- Authors:
- WILD Kirsty, WILES Janine L., ALLEN Ruth E.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 33(1), 2013, pp.137-158.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article examines the utility of the concept of resilience to the field of critical gerontology. It examines the history of the concept of resilience; explores some of the diverse ways that gerontologists are attempting to apply it to later life; and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of using resilience as a conceptual framework within critical ageing research. Ways of conceptualising resilience and ageing are also suggested, highlighting the different scales of resilience that impact on the ability of older people to negotiate adversity, and some key areas of resilience relevant to later life. The example of mobility resilience is used to illustrate how different scales of resilience operate within an area of resilience central to the ageing experience. Finally, some key principles for the use of resilience within critical gerontology are outlined, providing guidance on how to maximise the potential of the concept whilst avoiding some of the limitations associated with its historical usage. (Edited publisher abstract)