Anne‐maree Sawyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne‐maree Sawyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne‐maree |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawyer |
| SIGNATURE | SAWYER A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6225-7192 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The presence and absence of gender and intersectionality in the 2023 NDIS review
While a world-leading initiative, Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has received criticism for its design and implementation. In particular, gender inequality in access to supports and services remains a significant issue. Was the 2023 NDIS Review successful in addressing the persistent problem of gender inequality? To answer this question, this paper presents a content analysis of key documents produced through the 2023 NDI…
Equal footing, equal voice
Over the last two decades evidence has been mounting for the effectiveness of arts interventions as public health measures. With mental health services under-resourced and overwhelmed by need, support is growing for a diversity of non-clinical approaches to support individuals in community settings. In their declaration of the organisation's collective vision, the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) emphasises the need for diverse …
How to navigate a pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic caused schools, workplaces, and childcare centres to close, pressures in the home increased. Much of the additional unpaid work required under these conditions was done by women. Most women's magazines at this time urged women to stay positive and develop wellbeing routines to help them flourish. This approach reinforces normative neoliberal subjectivity with its roots in therapeutic culture and the happiness industry. Wh…
Wellbeing and Aging in The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine
This study investigates how the wellbeing trend in popular media regulates women’s bodies and their selves through establishing norms around successful aging. We report on an exploratory qualitative content analysis of representations of wellbeing and aging from The Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW) magazine. While some articles emphasized self-care and self-responsibility, many articulated relational and social/structural understandings of wellbei…
Women's use of sport as identity-work in managing mental health and trauma
Upheaval and reinvention in celebrity interviews
The disruptions of life in late modernity render self-identity fragile. Consequently, individuals must reflexively manage their emotions and periodically reinvent themselves to maintain a coherent narrative of the self. The rise of psychology as a discursive regime across the 20th century, and its intersections with a plethora of wellness industries, has furnished a new language of selfhood and greater public attention to emotions and personal na…
I’m Not a Vet!” Marginalisation and Practices of Resistance to Ageing by Women Hockey Players
Participation in team sports constitutes both a site for perpetuating discriminatory cultural perceptions of ageing women as well as a means of resisting and challenging such perceptions. Using Markula’s framework of Foucauldian feminism, we examine the marginalisation of women who play hockey in Australia and their acts of resistance against discriminatory processes related to ageing. This analysis draws on an ethnographic study of an Australian…
Hockey becomes like a family in itself
The community-based sports club is often recognised as a key site for the development of social capital. Intergenerational ties and connections to place can generate a strong sense of identity and can foster practices of psychological and material support. In this sense, community sports clubs can also be seen as an extension of the family. We examine social capital and Ray Pahl's 'personal communities' through an ethnographic study of women hock…
Are baby boomer women redefining retirement
As the baby boomers enter later life, unprecedented numbers of women are retiring. The first generation of women to encounter retirement since its institutionalisation as an expected male life course transition in the mid‐20th century, these women are leaving the labour force at a time when the meanings associated with “retirement” are changing. Longer life expectancy, improved health outcomes, and transformations in work driven by globalisation …
Mental Health Social Work
As we write this editorial, the Australian Government has launched a major reform of the Australian mental health system. According to Professor Ian Hickie, one of the National Mental Health Commis
Trust and the Dilemmas of Suicide Risk Assessment in Non-government Mental Health Services
Reducing suicide rates is a national mental health priority as over 2,200 people die from suicide each year in Australia. Increasingly, nongovernment organisations (NGOs) provide services to people experiencing severe and persistent mental illnesses—a significant cohort at risk of suicide. While clinical services are generally seen as the arbiters of risk, little is known of how suicide risk assessments are undertaken in NGOs. This article report…
Introduction
Population ageing is an historically unprecedented global phenomenon. The (World Health Organization [WHO], 2013) reports that, in almost every country, the proportion of people aged over 60 years is increasing faster than any other age group. It predicts that between 2000 and 2050 this proportion of the world's population will double from about 11 to 22% or, in absolute terms, increase from 605 million to 2 billion (WHO, 2013). The ageing of pop…
Some Useful Sources
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Social Inclusion and Individualised Service Provision in High Risk Community Care
Since the late twentieth century, health and welfare policy in Australia and the UK has focused on enhancing the freedom, life choices and participation of service users. Public policy, based on the construct of social inclusion, requires greater individualisation of services, active engagement with service users, and innovative partnerships between different providers. At the same time, however, the management of risk through a range of complian…
Managing Risk in Community Care of Older People
Since the mid-1980s, Australian governments have focused on expanding community and home-based services for older people. This has led to increased levels of dependency, vulnerability, and complexity to be managed in the community. Consequently, aged care services have had to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing these increased risks, and risk management has become more central to the practices of professional workers in this field. Thi…
Mental Health Workers Negotiating Risk on the Frontline
Following deinstitutionalisation and the shift to models of community care, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on managing the risks posed by service users. However, the effects of risk management on workers’ professional identities have not been investigated empirically in Australia. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mental health workers from Victoria, Australia, this paper explores the diverse ways in which these workers …
Should the nurse change the light globe
Over the last two decades New Public Management, de-institutionalization and the growth of community care have radically altered the landscape of human service delivery in Australia. As a consequence of these changes, human service agencies have been compelled to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing the risks involved in frontline community care - and the management of risk is now pivotal to the practices of professional workers in this…
Risk, Suffering and Competing Narratives in the Psychiatric Assessment of an Iraqi Refugee
Risk and new exclusions in community mental health practice
Over the past two decades, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on assessing and managing the risks posed by service users. British researchers have made significant advances in studying the consequences of risk management for community-based health and welfare services, but in Australia this field remains largely undeveloped. Drawing on my experiences as a social worker in a Melbourne-based Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team …
From therapy to administration
Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CAT Teams) were established in Victoria, Australia, in 1988 to provide crisis intervention and home treatment as an alternative to hospitalisation for the seriously mentally ill. These teams were set up to prepare for the closure of the large-scale, state-run psychiatric institutions over the following decade. Increasingly, concerns are being expressed in the media over the failure of the new community-based…
Mental Health Workers Negotiating Risk on the Frontline
Following deinstitutionalisation and the shift to models of community care, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on managing the risks posed by service users. However, the effects of risk management on workers’ professional identities have not been investigated empirically in Australia. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mental health workers from Victoria, Australia, this paper explores the diverse ways in which these workers …
Should the nurse change the light globe
Over the last two decades New Public Management, de-institutionalization and the growth of community care have radically altered the landscape of human service delivery in Australia. As a consequence of these changes, human service agencies have been compelled to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing the risks involved in frontline community care - and the management of risk is now pivotal to the practices of professional workers in this…
Risk and new exclusions in community mental health practice
Over the past two decades, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on assessing and managing the risks posed by service users. British researchers have made significant advances in studying the consequences of risk management for community-based health and welfare services, but in Australia this field remains largely undeveloped. Drawing on my experiences as a social worker in a Melbourne-based Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team …
Managing Risk in Community Care of Older People
Since the mid-1980s, Australian governments have focused on expanding community and home-based services for older people. This has led to increased levels of dependency, vulnerability, and complexity to be managed in the community. Consequently, aged care services have had to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing these increased risks, and risk management has become more central to the practices of professional workers in this field. Thi…
From therapy to administration
Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CAT Teams) were established in Victoria, Australia, in 1988 to provide crisis intervention and home treatment as an alternative to hospitalisation for the seriously mentally ill. These teams were set up to prepare for the closure of the large-scale, state-run psychiatric institutions over the following decade. Increasingly, concerns are being expressed in the media over the failure of the new community-based…
Women's use of sport as identity-work in managing mental health and trauma
Hockey becomes like a family in itself
The community-based sports club is often recognised as a key site for the development of social capital. Intergenerational ties and connections to place can generate a strong sense of identity and can foster practices of psychological and material support. In this sense, community sports clubs can also be seen as an extension of the family. We examine social capital and Ray Pahl's 'personal communities' through an ethnographic study of women hock…
Are baby boomer women redefining retirement
As the baby boomers enter later life, unprecedented numbers of women are retiring. The first generation of women to encounter retirement since its institutionalisation as an expected male life course transition in the mid‐20th century, these women are leaving the labour force at a time when the meanings associated with “retirement” are changing. Longer life expectancy, improved health outcomes, and transformations in work driven by globalisation …
Trust and the Dilemmas of Suicide Risk Assessment in Non-government Mental Health Services
Reducing suicide rates is a national mental health priority as over 2,200 people die from suicide each year in Australia. Increasingly, nongovernment organisations (NGOs) provide services to people experiencing severe and persistent mental illnesses—a significant cohort at risk of suicide. While clinical services are generally seen as the arbiters of risk, little is known of how suicide risk assessments are undertaken in NGOs. This article report…
Upheaval and reinvention in celebrity interviews
The disruptions of life in late modernity render self-identity fragile. Consequently, individuals must reflexively manage their emotions and periodically reinvent themselves to maintain a coherent narrative of the self. The rise of psychology as a discursive regime across the 20th century, and its intersections with a plethora of wellness industries, has furnished a new language of selfhood and greater public attention to emotions and personal na…
Mental Health Social Work
As we write this editorial, the Australian Government has launched a major reform of the Australian mental health system. According to Professor Ian Hickie, one of the National Mental Health Commis
From therapy to administration
Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CAT Teams) were established in Victoria, Australia, in 1988 to provide crisis intervention and home treatment as an alternative to hospitalisation for the seriously mentally ill. These teams were set up to prepare for the closure of the large-scale, state-run psychiatric institutions over the following decade. Increasingly, concerns are being expressed in the media over the failure of the new community-based…
Risk, Suffering and Competing Narratives in the Psychiatric Assessment of an Iraqi Refugee
Risk and new exclusions in community mental health practice
Over the past two decades, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on assessing and managing the risks posed by service users. British researchers have made significant advances in studying the consequences of risk management for community-based health and welfare services, but in Australia this field remains largely undeveloped. Drawing on my experiences as a social worker in a Melbourne-based Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team …
Mental Health Workers Negotiating Risk on the Frontline
Following deinstitutionalisation and the shift to models of community care, mental health practice has become increasingly focused on managing the risks posed by service users. However, the effects of risk management on workers’ professional identities have not been investigated empirically in Australia. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mental health workers from Victoria, Australia, this paper explores the diverse ways in which these workers …
Should the nurse change the light globe
Over the last two decades New Public Management, de-institutionalization and the growth of community care have radically altered the landscape of human service delivery in Australia. As a consequence of these changes, human service agencies have been compelled to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing the risks involved in frontline community care - and the management of risk is now pivotal to the practices of professional workers in this…
Managing Risk in Community Care of Older People
Since the mid-1980s, Australian governments have focused on expanding community and home-based services for older people. This has led to increased levels of dependency, vulnerability, and complexity to be managed in the community. Consequently, aged care services have had to develop mechanisms for regulating and managing these increased risks, and risk management has become more central to the practices of professional workers in this field. Thi…
Social Inclusion and Individualised Service Provision in High Risk Community Care
Since the late twentieth century, health and welfare policy in Australia and the UK has focused on enhancing the freedom, life choices and participation of service users. Public policy, based on the construct of social inclusion, requires greater individualisation of services, active engagement with service users, and innovative partnerships between different providers. At the same time, however, the management of risk through a range of complian…
Some Useful Sources
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Introduction
Population ageing is an historically unprecedented global phenomenon. The (World Health Organization [WHO], 2013) reports that, in almost every country, the proportion of people aged over 60 years is increasing faster than any other age group. It predicts that between 2000 and 2050 this proportion of the world's population will double from about 11 to 22% or, in absolute terms, increase from 605 million to 2 billion (WHO, 2013). The ageing of pop…
Mental Health Social Work
As we write this editorial, the Australian Government has launched a major reform of the Australian mental health system. According to Professor Ian Hickie, one of the National Mental Health Commis
Trust and the Dilemmas of Suicide Risk Assessment in Non-government Mental Health Services
Reducing suicide rates is a national mental health priority as over 2,200 people die from suicide each year in Australia. Increasingly, nongovernment organisations (NGOs) provide services to people experiencing severe and persistent mental illnesses—a significant cohort at risk of suicide. While clinical services are generally seen as the arbiters of risk, little is known of how suicide risk assessments are undertaken in NGOs. This article report…
Are baby boomer women redefining retirement
As the baby boomers enter later life, unprecedented numbers of women are retiring. The first generation of women to encounter retirement since its institutionalisation as an expected male life course transition in the mid‐20th century, these women are leaving the labour force at a time when the meanings associated with “retirement” are changing. Longer life expectancy, improved health outcomes, and transformations in work driven by globalisation …
I’m Not a Vet!” Marginalisation and Practices of Resistance to Ageing by Women Hockey Players
Participation in team sports constitutes both a site for perpetuating discriminatory cultural perceptions of ageing women as well as a means of resisting and challenging such perceptions. Using Markula’s framework of Foucauldian feminism, we examine the marginalisation of women who play hockey in Australia and their acts of resistance against discriminatory processes related to ageing. This analysis draws on an ethnographic study of an Australian…
Hockey becomes like a family in itself
The community-based sports club is often recognised as a key site for the development of social capital. Intergenerational ties and connections to place can generate a strong sense of identity and can foster practices of psychological and material support. In this sense, community sports clubs can also be seen as an extension of the family. We examine social capital and Ray Pahl's 'personal communities' through an ethnographic study of women hock…
Wellbeing and Aging in The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine
This study investigates how the wellbeing trend in popular media regulates women’s bodies and their selves through establishing norms around successful aging. We report on an exploratory qualitative content analysis of representations of wellbeing and aging from The Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW) magazine. While some articles emphasized self-care and self-responsibility, many articulated relational and social/structural understandings of wellbei…
Women's use of sport as identity-work in managing mental health and trauma
Upheaval and reinvention in celebrity interviews
The disruptions of life in late modernity render self-identity fragile. Consequently, individuals must reflexively manage their emotions and periodically reinvent themselves to maintain a coherent narrative of the self. The rise of psychology as a discursive regime across the 20th century, and its intersections with a plethora of wellness industries, has furnished a new language of selfhood and greater public attention to emotions and personal na…
How to navigate a pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic caused schools, workplaces, and childcare centres to close, pressures in the home increased. Much of the additional unpaid work required under these conditions was done by women. Most women's magazines at this time urged women to stay positive and develop wellbeing routines to help them flourish. This approach reinforces normative neoliberal subjectivity with its roots in therapeutic culture and the happiness industry. Wh…
The presence and absence of gender and intersectionality in the 2023 NDIS review
While a world-leading initiative, Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has received criticism for its design and implementation. In particular, gender inequality in access to supports and services remains a significant issue. Was the 2023 NDIS Review successful in addressing the persistent problem of gender inequality? To answer this question, this paper presents a content analysis of key documents produced through the 2023 NDI…
Equal footing, equal voice
Over the last two decades evidence has been mounting for the effectiveness of arts interventions as public health measures. With mental health services under-resourced and overwhelmed by need, support is growing for a diversity of non-clinical approaches to support individuals in community settings. In their declaration of the organisation's collective vision, the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) emphasises the need for diverse …
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works)