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Grandmothers' diaries — a glimpse at daily lives
Author(s)	Carol M Musil, Theresa Standing
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 60, no 4, 2005
Pages	pp 317-330
Source	http://baywood.com
Keywords	Grandmothers ; Multi generational households ; Health [elderly] ; Grandchildren ; Living patterns ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Content analysis is used to examine the stresses of 64 grandmothers as recorded in 3-week health diaries, grouped according to their caregiver status. The nature of salient issues and stressful interactions differed by caregiver groups. Grandmothers raising grandchildren reported more stresses related to grandchildren's routines, activities and school progress, more time pressure, and difficult interactions with grandchildren. The diary entries of grandmothers in multigenerational homes reflected their supplemental role in childcare, and sometimes stressful interactions with other family members. Grandmothers with no routine caregiving for grandchildren reported more involvement with those outside the immediate family. Many general concerns about the well-being of the family represent commonalities in grandmothers, despite differences in current caregiving roles to grandchildren. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050622207 A
Classmark	SW2: KA:SJC: CC: SW5: K7: 3KB: 7T
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