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Grandparent caregivers' perception of the stress of surrogate parenting
- Authors:
- SANDS Roberta G., GOLDBERG-GLEN Robin S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 26(3), 2000, pp.77-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the relationship between sociodemographic factors, stressors, and resources, and the perception of stress by grandparents caring for their grandchildren using face to face interviews. The findings suggest strategies for social work intervention.
Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations
- Author:
- POWELL Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Families, Relationships and Societies, 7(1), 2018, pp.103-121.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
As the population ages, a key question is to how support older people who are in need of some form of care. This article highlights how older people may be embedded in multigenerational familial care networks. It explores the ways in which care and support for great-grandparents are worked out in multigenerational families, as well as between informal and formal sources of support. Methods involve qualitative life history interviews with five four-generation families. Findings suggest that care is worked out through a balance of care, need and support across generations. Depending on available resources, this produces a variety of support outcomes, including: home-based family care with and without supplemented professional help, sheltered accommodation with family care, institutional care as well as fluctuations between different support patterns. Supporting informal care networks through professional support can help multiple generations balance intergenerational relationships across the shifts between greater dependency and independence. (Publisher abstract)
Cultural and demographic changes and their effects upon the traditional grandparent role for Chinese elders
- Author:
- MJELDE-MOSSEY Lee Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 16(3), 2007, pp.107-120.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores how demographic and cultural changes are affecting traditional intergenerational roles for Chinese elders. In the traditional Chinese culture, the grandparent role is highly anticipated because of the high value and status accorded to it. In today's China, these aging traditions are on the decline and, at the same time, the older generation is on the increase. China's one-child policy and the resulting decline in fertility rates are raising concerns about how a shrinking younger generation will care for an expanding older generation.
Older adults: what every paediatric nurse should know
- Authors:
- BARBA Beth Ellen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 16(3), July 2010, pp.275-286.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Older adults have always been important parts of children's lives, playing a variety of roles including grandparent, caregiver, friend, and neighbour. Grandparents also play a variety of roles in families. Often a child's first encounter with serious illness or death involves a grandparent or other older adult. Grandparents are also increasingly serving as primary caregivers for children. parents and children understand the normal changes they will see in their aging loved ones, and to help parents effectively incorporate grandparents and older adults into children's lives, and to balance the potential conflict that may arise when a child becomes a helper to the caregiver of the older adult.
Working and caring over the twentieth century: change and continuity in four-generation families
- Authors:
- BRANNEN Julia, MOSS Peter, MOONEY Ann
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 234p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
... Based upon new research that employed biographical methods, it maps in detail from 1910 to the late 1990s the lives of men and women as great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. The book provides unique insights into processes of change and continuity in family lives and the ways in which different generations of men and women make sense of their lives.
Linkages between migration and the care of frail older people: observations from Greece, Ghana and the Netherlands
- Authors:
- VAN DER GEEST Sjaak, MUL Anke, VERMEULEN Hans
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 24(3), May 2004, pp.431-450.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
There are at least four ways in which old age and migration cross each other's paths. First of all, there are people who migrated for economic reasons, usually at a relatively young age, and who have grown old in a foreign country. Secondly, there are older people who migrate when (or because) they are old: in Europe, they are mostly from the affluent northern countries and travel southward. Thirdly, there is increasing employment of, and demand for, immigrant workers in old-age institutions in the northern countries. Finally, there is the out-migration of young people, mainly from rural areas, that results in older people being left behind without children to look after them. In all these cases, migration has a profound effect on the wellbeing and care of older people. Explores a fifth linkage between migration and old age, by focusing on the (mainly illegal) immigrants who take on roles as private carers and, in effect, replace the children who have emigrated. Two cases, from Greece and Ghana, are presented and viewed in the two countries' political, cultural and economic contexts, and are then compared to conditions in the Netherlands. In both cases, involving a ‘stranger’ in the care of an older parent is regarded as a good and respectable solution to the problem of absent children and grandchildren: it follows rules of reciprocity and normally provides a good quality of care. Ironically, hiring full-time private care for older people is feasible in low-income countries but a rare luxury in high-income societies.
Social networks of old people in India: research and policy
- Authors:
- WILLIGEN Jphn van, CHANDHA N. K.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 15(23), 2003, pp.109-123.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article presents a comparative analysis of the available research on the social networks of older persons in India. Most of this research has been done in North Indian cities. The research foci of the available studies include network size, core networks and beyond, life course changes in networks, impacts of residency in old-age homes, gender differences, and joint and nuclear family residence. This research is discussed in terms of its policy implications. Because the research demonstrates that social networks are important for the welfare of older Indians, one can conclude that social policy that encourages the maintenance of robust networks throughout the life course may be worth pursuing. One aspect of policy is discussed. The analysis of the relationship between social network and gender suggests that current policies that can be seen as supporting gender inequality in terms of property may have a negative impact on the networks of older women.
Gender and the negotiation between older people and their carers in the prevention of falls
- Authors:
- HORTON Khim, ARBER Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 24(1), January 2004, pp.75-94.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Little is known about how negotiation between older people and their carers varies according to gender. This paper reports a study of older men and women who have had multiple falls and the actions of their key family members to prevent multiple falls. In-depth interviews were conducted with 35 older people who had had recurrent falls, and separately with the identified key family member. The actions taken by the relatives to prevent future falls were classified as protective, coercive, negotiating, engaging and ‘reflective of mutual respect’. It was found that sons caring for older mothers took only ‘protective’ and ‘coercive’ actions, resulting in mothers having passive and submissive roles. In contrast, the daughters who were caring for their fathers undertook most often ‘engaging’ and some ‘negotiating’ actions, which empowered the fathers in their decision making. Daughters had a ‘peer-like’ relationship with the mothers that they supported and cared for, and undertook primarily ‘negotiating’ as well as ‘engaging’ actions. The two men who cared for older men took no specific actions but maintained mutual respect for each other. The findings demonstrate several ways in which the gender of the dyad members influences the nature of the negotiation between close relatives, and throws light on the factors that influence the autonomy and dependence of older people.
Multigenerational living: design for ageing
- Author:
- PARKER K.J.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 25(4), Spring 2000, pp.90-100.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
In this article, the author presents another looks at the IFA Fourth Global Conference on Ageing theme of Universal Design. With people living longer, increasing opportunities arise for three and more generations (grandparents, parents, children, etc) to live together. New homes should be configured to provide both independence from, and interaction between, generations and adaptability
Sore tongues and stiff necks: problem solving through a grandparent discussion/support group
- Author:
- FIELDS Helene Block
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 28(1/2), 1997, pp.151-162.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes the creation and functioning of a grandparent discussion/support group in the USA. Descriptions of the meeting format and examples of the problems and solutions that were discussed are given. Conclusions and recommendations resulting from the expertise of leading this group are described.