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Grandparents raising grandchildren — a description of the families and a special pilot program
Author(s)	Miriam P Kluger, Dianna M Aprea
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 32, no 1, 1999
Pages	pp 5-18
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Services ; Pilot ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	More than 1.35 million children in the US are being raised by their grandparents. A pilot programme recently provided 41 grandparent/grandchild families with home- and community-based support services. Grandparents frequently requested and received help in locating assistance for child behaviour issues, support/self-help groups and recreational opportunities. The grandparents' relationships and feelings toward the biological parents appeared strained at best, with issues of anger, responsibility, child involvement and child rearing methods prevalent. The grandparents felt they had done their best parenting their sons and daughters, and did not think that raising them differently would have led to another outcome. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991109228 A
Classmark	P6:SW: SW5: I: 4UC: 3F: 7T
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