Positive risk-taking: from rhetoric to reality

Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 122-132

  Morgan, Steve ^a   Andrews, Nick ^b  

^a Practice Based Evidence   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Living with dementia; Person centred; Positive risk taking; Relationship centred; Strengths; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975064412     PISSN: 17556228     EISSN: 20428707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2015-0045     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Andrews, N., Gabbay, J., le May, A., Miller, E., O’Neill, M. and Petch, A. (2015), “Developing evidence-enriched practice in health and social care with older people”, A Better Life Programme, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.
2. Baldwin, C. (2008), “Narrative, citizenship and dementia: the personal and the political”, Journal of Aging Studies, Vol. 22, pp. 222-8.
3. Bartlett, R. and O’Conner, D. (2010), Broadening the Dementia Debate Towards Social Citizenship, Policy Press, Bristol.
4. Benbow, S.M., Tsaroucha, A., Ashley, M., Morgan, K. and Kingston, P. (2011), “Patients’ and carers’ views on dementia workforce skills”, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 195-202.
5. Blood, I. (2013), A Better Life: Valuing Our Later Years, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.
6. Brooker, D. (2007), Person-Centred Dementia Care: Making Services Better, Jessica Kingsley, London.
7. Cameron, I.D., Murray, G.R., Gillespie, L.D., Robertson, M.C., Hill, K.D., Cumming, R.G. and Kerse, N. (2010), “Interventions for preventing falls in older people in nursing care facilities and hospitals (review)”, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, No. 2. doi: 10.1002/4651858.CD005465.pub2.
8. Care Act (2014), The Stationery Office, Norwich, available at: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/contents/enacted (accessed 10 December 2015).
9. Care Quality Commission (2015), available at: www.cqc.org.uk/content/safeguarding-people (accessed 10 December 2015).
10. Clarke, C., Wilkinson, H., Keady, J. and Gibb, C. (2011), Risk Assessment and Management for Living Well with Dementia, Jessica Kingsley, London.
11. Department of Constitutional Affairs (2007), “Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice”, available at: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224660/Mental_Capacity_Act_code_of_practice.pdf (accessed 10 December 2015).
12. Department of Health (2009), Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy, Department of Health, London.
13. Department of Health (2010), “Nothing ventured, nothing gained: risk guidance for people with dementia”, Department of Health, London.
14. Faulkner, A. (2012), “The right to take risks: service users views of risk in adult social care. risk, trust and relationships programme”, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.
15. Gottschall, J. (2013), The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY.
16. Held, V. (2006), The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global, (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
17. Kelly, F. and Innes, A. (2013), “Human rights, citizenship and dementia care nursing”, International Journal of Older People Nursing, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 61-70.
18. Lawson, J., Lewis, S. and Williams, C. (2014), Making Safeguarding Personal: Guide 2014, Local Government Association and ADASS, London.
19. Manthorpe, J. (2004), “Risk taking”, in Innes, A., Archibald, C. and Murphy, C. (Eds), Dementia and Social Inclusion: Marginalised Groups and Marginalized Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice, Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 137-49.
20. Manthorpe, J., Moriarty, J., Rappaport, J., Clough, R., Cornes, M., Bright, L. and Iliffe, S.Older People Researching Social Issues (2008), “There are wonderful social workers but it’s a lottery: older people’s views about social workers”, British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 38 No. 6, pp. 1132-50.
21. Mental Health Foundation (2010), “Assessment of mental capacity audit tool (AMCAT)”, available at: www.amcat.org.uk (accessed 10 December 2015).
22. Mitchell, W. and Glendinning, C. (2007), “A review of the research evidence surrounding risk perceptions, risk management strategies and their consequences in adult social care for different groups of service users”, Working Paper No. DHR 2180 01.07, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York.
23. Mitchell, W., Baxter, K. and Glendinning, C. (2012), Updated Review of Research on Risk and Adult Social Care in England, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.
24. Morgan, S. (1996), Helping Relationships in Mental Health, Chapman & Hall, London.
25. Morgan, S. (2013), Risk Decision-making: Working with Risk and Implementing Positive Risk-Taking, Pavilion Publishing & Media, Brighton.
26. Morgan, S. (2014), Working with Strengths: Putting Personalization and Recovery into Practice, Pavilion Publishing & Media, Brighton.
27. Morgan, S. and Williamson, T. (2014), “How can ‘positive risk-taking’ help build dementia-friendly communities?”, Viewpoint, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, November.
28. Nolan, M., Brown, J., Davies, S., Nolan, J. and Keady, J. (2006), “The senses framework: improving care for older people through a relationship-centred approach”, Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) Report No. 2, Project Report, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
29. Office of the Public Guardian (2007), Department of Health, London, available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-mental-capacity-advocates (accessed 10 December 2015).
30. Parliament (2014), “House of Lords post-legislative scrutiny report”, available at: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldselect/ldmentalcap/139/139.pdf (accessed 10 December 2015).
31. Patterson, M., Nolan, M., Rick, J., Brown, J. and Adams, R. (2011), “From metrics to meaning: culture change and quality of acute hospital care for older people”, National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, London.
32. Rippon, S. (2010), “Achieving a co-produced and personalized approach to enable people to live well with dementia: the strategic challenge for commissioners in health and social care”, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 10-3.
33. Social Care Institute for Excellence (2014), Social Care Institute for Excellence, London, available at: www.scie.org.uk/care-act-2014/advocacy-services/commissioning-independent-advocacy/duties/independent-advocacy-care-act.asp
34. Sheard, D. (2007), Being: An Approach to Life and Dementia, Alzheimer’s Society, London.
35. Vallelly, S., Evans, S., Fear, T. and Means, R. (2006), “Opening doors to independence: a longitudinal study explaining the contribution of extra care housing to the care and support for older people With dementia”, Housing Corporation & Housing 21, University of the West of England, Bristol.
36. Walker, A.E., Livingston, G., Cooper, C.A., Katona, C.L.E. and Kitchen, G.L. (2007), “Caregivers’ experience of risk in dementia: the LASER-AD study”, Ageing & Mental Health, Vol. 10 No. 5, pp. 532-8.
37. Warmington, J., Afridi, A. and Foreman, W. (2014), “Is excessive paperwork in care homes undermining care for older people?”, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.
38. Whitelock, A. (2009), “Safeguarding in mental health: towards a rights-based approach”, Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 30-42.
39. Williams, K. and Nida, S. (2011), “Ostracism: consequences and coping”, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 71-5.