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Up to all the angles
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.3.94, 1994, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Triangular relationships tend to be formed to create and maintain an older person in the community. The people involved are the informal carer, the older person and the helper (professional). Because of the triangular nature of the relationship different members of the triangle may collude to exclude the third person. Examines how sharing the care of an older person in this way can open the way for abuse.
Failed individualism in community care: an example from elder abuse
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 8(2), 1994, pp.137-149.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Community care has been associated with a particular vision of interpersonal relations reflecting the demands of a market economy of welfare. It is argued that individualised notions of citizenship significantly effect how social actors respond to issues such as dependence, independence and interdependence, with consequences that locate unacceptable attributes within 'failed individuals'. This gives rise to a number of possibilities for collusion between workers, carers and older people who require services, and forms the basic triangle for interpersonal relations within community care policy. The parallel rise of elder abuse as a recognised social problem is considered in this light and three forms of collusive alliance, based on life-task, family solidarity and heroic defence are explored in greater detail. Concludes by examining the possibility of interdependence as a guiding principle which can be used to contain each actor's perspective, whilst contributing to the development of non-abusive relationships.