| Description |
xvi, 331 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Springer series on life styles and issues in aging |
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Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Why grandchildren are going to and staying at grandmother's house and what happens when they get there / Carole B. Cox -- A profile of grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States / Esme Fuller Thomson, Meredith Minkler, and Diane Driver -- Physical health of custodial grandparents / Jonathan Marx and Jennifer Crew Solomon -- Social support, stress, and special coping tasks of grandmother caregivers / Carol M. Musil, Susan Schrader, and John Mutikani -- |
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Psychological costs and benefits of raising grandchildren: evidence from a national survey of grandparents / Roseann Giarrusso, Merril Silverstein, and Du Feng -- Risks of caregiving: abuse within the relationship / Patricia Brownell and Jacquelin Berman -- Grandparents and welfare reform / Faith Mullen -- Grandparent caregiving: legal status issues and state policy / Melinda Perez-Porter and Margaret M. Flynt -- Planning for permanence / Martha Johns -- Grandparents |
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raising grandchildren orphaned and affected by HIV/AIDS / Daphne Joslin -- Special situation of incarcerated parents / Jeff Porterfield, Paula Dressel, and Sandra Barnhill -- Profile of contemporary grandparenting in African-American families / Diane R. Brown and Joan Mars -- Culture and caregiving: a study of Latino grandparents / Carole B. Cox, Lisette Resto Brooks, and Carmen Valcarcel -- Support groups in the lives of grandmothers raising grandchildren / Carol S. |
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Cohen and Rolanda Pyle -- Empowering grandparents raising grandchildren / Carole B. Cox -- Grandparents and schools: issues and potential challenges / Nina M. Silverstein and Laila Vehvilainen -- Community interventions to support grandparent caregivers: lessons learned from the field / Kathleen M. Roe -- Conclusions / Carole B. Cox. |
| Subject |
Grandparents as parents.
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Grandparent and child.
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Child rearing.
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| Added Author |
Cox, Carole B.
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| ISBN |
0826112862 |
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