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| Pathways into caregiving for rural custodial grandparents | | Author(s) | Nancy P Kropf, Margaret M Robinson |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 2, no 1, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 63-78 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Rural areas ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although one quarter (25%) of custodial grandparents in the US live in rural areas, less is known about these families than their urban counterparts. This qualitative study was conducted to determine pathways into care with rural families - that is, the reasons and process into custodial grandparenting roles. Based on interviews with 14 grandparents, three major pathways were identified. The most common was co-residential, where the parent generation had left a multi-generational household. In the incremental pathway, grandparents had attempted multiple strategies culminatining in taking physical custody of their grandchildren. A final pathway, immediate care, was typically the result of a family crisis situation. Needs and challenges for custodial grandparents differ depending upon their particular pathways into this caregiving role. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040928209 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW5: RL: 3DP: 7T |
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