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Health of grandmothers as caregivers
— a ten month follow-up | | Author(s) | Carol M Musil |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 12, nos 1/2, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 129-146 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandmothers ; Health [elderly] ; Depression ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Changes over 10 months in self-assessed health, depression, anxiety, stress, coping and support in a convenience sample of 74 grandmothers living in the same home as grandchildren are examined and compared with those of grandmothers who had either primary (49) or partial/supplementary (25) responsibility for their grandchildren's care. Grandmothers showed high stability over the 10 months, with many reporting elevated depression and parenting stress at both time points. Depression was associated with greater parenting stress, primary responsibility for caregiving and with coping. Better self-assessed health was linked with less parenting stress and less formal and instrumental support. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001016243 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW2: CC: ENR: QNH: 3J: 7T |
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