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Grandma's hands
— parental perceptions of the importance of grandparents as secondary caregivers in families of children with disabilities | | Author(s) | Sara E Green |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 53, no 1, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 11-34 |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Attitude ; Family care ; Grandchildren ; Physical disabilities ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Findings of an American interview survey indicate that: grandparents are a common source of weekly assistance, significantly more common than other relatives, friends or neighbours; and that where grandparents participate, the number of other sources of support is also higher. Moreover, help from grandparents has a positive relationship, while that from other sources of help has a negative relationship to parental ability to maintain a positive emotional outlook and to avoid physical exhaustion. Findings from the interactive interviews suggest that: grandparent participation can promote pride and "normalised attitudes" by helping grandparents get to know the child on an intimate basis. However, when grandparents do not participate, parents may feel the need to manage the information given to, and the emotional responses experienced by, grandparents who have not had the chance to get to know and love the child through frequent, direct contact. Lastly, parents are concerned that if grandparents themselves begin to need help due to increased age and disability, they will not ask for it, because the parents are already overburdened by the unusual demands of their parenting roles. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011130202 A |
| Classmark | SW: DP: P6:SJ: SW5: BN: 3F: 7T |
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