Add to ORKGAccording to the Census 2000, 6.3 % of all children under 18 years of age in the United States are living in grandparent-headed households (an increase from 5.5 % in 1990). These parenting grandparents usually begin raising their grandchildren suddenly as a result of such things as parental substance abuse, incarceration, child neglect or abuse, or death. According to Minkler and Roe these new parenting responsibilities often result in higher rates of depression and isolation for the parenting grandparents. These grandparents often cite two resources that help them to cope with their new situations: support groups and their faith in a transcendent Other. For that reason parenting grandparent support groups are becoming an important interven...
Although about 11 % of grandparents are raising their grandchildren, a larger percentage provide a s...
In the United States, 2.4 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren. Over 6% of all child...
When family crisis occurs, are grandparents part of the solution or part of the problem? Both possib...
Those involved in circumstances in which children are raised by their grandparents often encounter s...
With the advancement of aging society, it has become increasingly important to expand supportive net...
This paper explores the changing role of contemporary grandparents with many demonstrating a willing...
Those involved in circumstances in which children are raised by their grandparents often encounter s...
This cross-sectional study compared three groups of custodial grandparents, those raising problemati...
Meeting the long-term care needs of older people is an identified challenge associated with an aging...
Having developed a grandparent support group for grandparents raising grandchildren, the author cond...
The incidence of custodial grandparenting has increased over the last decade, and grandparents raise...
Many grandparents are involved in their young grandchildren’s lives, providing childcare and support...
Grandparents raising grandchildren is not a new situation, however, since the 1980s, there has been ...
Objectives. This study explores how various aspects of a grandparent's religiousness are relate...
Over the past two decades, the number of grandparents raising grandchildren has grown rapidly in the...
Although about 11 % of grandparents are raising their grandchildren, a larger percentage provide a s...
In the United States, 2.4 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren. Over 6% of all child...
When family crisis occurs, are grandparents part of the solution or part of the problem? Both possib...
Those involved in circumstances in which children are raised by their grandparents often encounter s...
With the advancement of aging society, it has become increasingly important to expand supportive net...
This paper explores the changing role of contemporary grandparents with many demonstrating a willing...
Those involved in circumstances in which children are raised by their grandparents often encounter s...
This cross-sectional study compared three groups of custodial grandparents, those raising problemati...
Meeting the long-term care needs of older people is an identified challenge associated with an aging...
Having developed a grandparent support group for grandparents raising grandchildren, the author cond...
The incidence of custodial grandparenting has increased over the last decade, and grandparents raise...
Many grandparents are involved in their young grandchildren’s lives, providing childcare and support...
Grandparents raising grandchildren is not a new situation, however, since the 1980s, there has been ...
Objectives. This study explores how various aspects of a grandparent's religiousness are relate...
Over the past two decades, the number of grandparents raising grandchildren has grown rapidly in the...
Although about 11 % of grandparents are raising their grandchildren, a larger percentage provide a s...
In the United States, 2.4 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren. Over 6% of all child...
When family crisis occurs, are grandparents part of the solution or part of the problem? Both possib...