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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren  

Ok Kyung-Hee (Dept. Social Welfare, Gwangju Univ.)
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Journal of Families and Better Life / v.23, no.3, 2005 , pp. 103-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
The number of grandparents who have responsibility for raising their grandchildren is growing. The present study examines the extent of this phenomenon and some of the issues these grandparents face in surrogate parenting. The sample consists of 69 grandparents(63 grandmothers and 6 grandfathers) of grandchildren who have lived with them at least 6 months without their parents. The grandparents raising grandchildren reported that caregiving bought negative changes in relations with their own children, economic situation and health condition. They concerned most about the issue of good mannered behavior of grandchildren and making good friends and needed social supports in terms of house cleaning and cooking and transportation for after school activities. Caregiver burden was related to the number of family members, the degrees of life changes, economic hardship due to caregiving, grandchildren's school performance and the relations with granparents' own children.
Keywords
grandfamily; custodial grandparents or grandparent caregivers; care burden; life changes; social support;
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