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Custodial grandparenting
— individual, cultural, and ethnic diversity | | Author(s) | Bert Hayslip, Julie Hicks Patrick |
| Publisher | Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2006 |
| Pages | 334 pp |
| Source | The Eurospan Group, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU. www.eurospan.co.uk Distributed by: Turpin Distribution, Pegasus Drive, Stratton Business Park, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 8TQ. E-mail:
eurosspan@turpin-distribution.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Ethnic groups ; Cross cultural surveys ; United States of America ; Canada ; Kenya. |
| Annotation | The role of grandparents in the US as caregivers in raising grandchildren has frequently been discussed. This book's focus is on custodial grandparent caregivers' cultural and ethnic variability. 19 chapters are organised in five sections. The first, on diversity across individuals, looks at the disruption to work and income for grandmothers raising grandchildren, traditional and custodial grandparents' role satisfaction, and grandparent caregivers' needs for formal and informal support. Section 2, diversity across age and gender, examines health effects (including depression) of grandchild care for both grandmothers and grandfathers. Section 3, cross-cultural and inter-cultural variation, includes examples from Canada and Kenya, as well as the US. Latinas, African Americans, religious beliefs, also the effects of strain, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are the themes of Section 4, variations across race and ethnicity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503005 B |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW5: TK: 3KA: 7T: 7S: 7LD |
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