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Housing needs of grandparent caregivers
— grandparent, youth, and professional perspectives | | Author(s) | Lauren Polvere, Camille Barnes, Eunju Lee |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 61, no 5, July 2018 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July 2018 |
| Pages | pp 549-566 |
| Source | http://wwwtandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Housing ; Needs [elderly] ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This qualitative study examined the housing needs of grandparent caregivers and the youth in their care in New York State. Nine focus groups were conducted separately with 46 grandparent caregivers and 34 young people, and interviews were conducted with 17 key informants knowledgeable about housing and issues. Housing needs of greatest priority, contextual differences, and potential barriers to securing housing and social services were identified. Key themes indicated that housing challenges stem from four problem domains: the experience of poverty, which creates affordability challenges that trap grandparent caregivers and their grandchildren in unsuitable homes and unsafe neighbourhoods; physical challenges of ageing grandparents which require specific housing accommodations; changes in family composition when taking in grandchildren, which necessitate moving out of prior accommodations or changing housing plans due to regulatory issues; and obstacles to obtaining needed benefits, including a lack of information, burdensome application processes, ineligibility and a shortage of resources. These issues are discussed with implications for policy and practice. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180629215 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW5: YBH: IK: TM2: 7T |
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