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Showing 1 to 20 of 193 for “"grandparents"”.
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GrandChair : conversational collection of grandparents' stories
… often characterizes the interactions between grandparents and grandchildren, exerts a profound influence on both the child listener and the grandparent teller. Unfortunately, opportunities for such sharing are rare for the many extended families who are geographically separated, and the …
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Grandchildren's Perceptions of Caring for Grandparents
… living. Reasons for providing care included grandparents' chronic illness or gradual aging, a crisis or event that left grandparents needing assistance, and because they had been providing care since they were young children. The amount of time grandchildren engaged in care related activities …
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The Health of Rural Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Grandparents are becoming increasingly responsible for raising their grandchildren. Previous studies have noted physical and mental health limitations for custodial grandparents. Grandparents face numerous challenges in raising grandchildren and consequently, …
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Resilience and spirituality among grandparents raising their grandchildren
Today, increasing numbers of grandparents are responsible for raising their grandchildren. Grandparent caregivers face altered developmental paths compared to their noncaregiving peers. Past research has focused on health concerns and coping mechanisms that assist these grandparents in their …
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: An Investigation of Identified Burdens
<p>Grandparents who are primarily responsible for raising their grandchildren face life-altering choices with little support. This study sought to identify the burdens faced by grandparents raising their grandchildren. Grandparents who find themselves as parents again experienced several …
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Grandparents as Interaction and Social Support Agents in Infancy
The contemporary role of grandparents in infancy was examined in a comparative analysis of grandparent-grandinfant and parent-infant interaction patterns. A second focus of the study was an exploration of the extent to which grandparents function as social support agents for their adult children …
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Adapting Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to Custodial Grandparents
… more common for children to be raised by their grandparents. In fact, over the past 40 years, there has been a 50% increase in grandparent-headed homes in the US (Ellis and Simmons, 2014). Custodial grandparents, who provide primary caregiving responsibilities for their grandchildren, often …
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Examination of Role Satisfaction and Mental Health of Caregiving Grandparents
Research has shown that the number of caregiving grandparents in America has steadily increased. If this trend continues there will be more of a need for society to recognize this population and the difficulties that they face due to the atypical structure of these households. Research has produced …
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for School Systems and School Personnel
… in the number of children being raised by their grandparents. Many of these children live in a situation that places them at risk academically. Thus, it is vital that the educational system consider identifying the special needs of these children to provide supports. This study aimed to identify …
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Perceptions of Schools and Implications for Best Practices
… to changing social conditions, the role of grandparents in America is being redefined. Rather than playing the traditional role in the lives of their grandchildren, grandparents have assumed full responsibility for raising them during times of crisis. The number of children living in …
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Nagyszülők és unokák. A nagyszülőktől az unokák felé irányuló gondozási transzferek jellege és változása = Grandparents and grandchildren. Features and changes in care transfers from grandparents to grandchildren
A dolgozat célja elsősorban a nagyszülői gyermekgondozás, mint az intergenerációs transzferek egyik fajtájának bemutatása és leírása, illetve a generációs változások és a mögöttük lévő lehetséges okok azonosítása. _____ This paper is primarily intended to present and describe grandparental care as …
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An exploratory investigation of the interactional patterns of grandparents and college-age grandchildren
… and State University (V.P.I. & S.U.) with living grandparents was utilized in an attempt to verify the existence of various styles of grandparenting and to test the relationship between reported grandparenting style and specified variables. Verification of the existence of distinct grandparenting …
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An analysis of the practices and perceived roles of American grandparents among evangelical Christians
… OF THE PRACTICES AND PERCEIVED ROLES OF AMERICAN GRANDPARENTS AMONG EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS Joshua Robert Mulvihill, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Timothy Paul Jones The purpose of this study was to provide a portrait of grandparenting from the Bible and analyze …
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Symbiotic Caregivers: A Qualitative Case Study of African American Custodial Grandparents and Their Grandchildren
… Community Survey show that there are 11,436 grandparents in Shelby County, Tennessee, who are responsible for grandchildren. In Memphis only, there are 9,213 grandparents who are responsible for their grandchildren (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) 2003 …
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How Grandparents Experience the Death of a Grandchild Who had a Life Limiting Condition.
… Few studies have focused on the needs of grandparents, who play an increasing role in the families of children with life limiting conditions. Aim: To explore the experience of grandparents during the life, and following the death of a grandchild with a life limiting condition. Methods: A …
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A Qualitative Examination of Resilience Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Using the Resilience Portfolio Model
Grandparents in the United States continue to show up and support their families in difficult times when parents are not able to do so. This indicates a form of strength and resilience worthy of study to expand literature, policy, and practice centered on caregiving with grandchildren. Although …
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