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Grandparenting in Europe
— summary | | Author(s) | Karen Glaser, Eloi Ribé Montserrat, Ulrike Waginger |
| Corporate Author | Grandparents Plus; Institute of Gerontology, King's College London; Beth Johnson Foundation - BJF |
| Publisher | Grandparents Plus, London, June 2010 |
| Pages | 11 pp |
| Source | Grandparents Plus, 18 Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PF. Website: www.grandparentsplus.org.uk |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Social policy ; Literature reviews ; Cross cultural surveys ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Despite the growing importance of grandparenting, relatively little is known about its demography, or about how policies in different European countries support different types of grandparental roles. Although grandparents play a pivotal role in family life, legislation and social policies often disregard their contribution as major supporters or caregivers. This is a summary of the scoping study (same title) funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, on which Grandparents Plus worked in partnership with the Institute of Gerontology at King's College London and the Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF). It outlines the findings of a systematic literature review; and identifies key policies in European countries which are likely to be important in shaping the role of grandparents in family life. It concludes that as our populations age and the number of children per family falls, the role of grandparents in family life is becoming increasingly significant and is an international phenomenon not confined to the UK alone. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150604009 B |
| Classmark | P6:SW: TM2: 64A: 3KA: 74 |
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