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To grandmother's house we go and stay : perspectives on custodial grandparents /

The book is organized into three sections: theoretical perspectives, socioeconomic structures, and contexts of self and society. Leading psychologists, anthropologists, gerontologists, and sociologists present theoretical and empirical advances that forge links between the individual and the social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cox, Carole B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2000.
Colección:Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why grandchildren are going to and staying at grandmother's house and what happens when they get there / Carole B. Cox
  • A profile of grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States / Esme Fuller Thomson, Meredith Minkler, and Diane Driver
  • Physical health of custodial grandparents / Jonathan Marx and Jennifer Crew Solomon
  • Social support, stress, and special coping tasks of grandmother caregivers / Carol Musil, Susan Schrader, and John Mutikani.
  • Psychological costs and benefits of raising grandchildren : evidence from a national survey of grandparents / Roseann Giarrusso, Merril Silverstein, and Du Feng
  • Risks of caregiving : abuse within the relationship / Patricia Brownell and Jacquelin Berman
  • Grandparents and welfare reform / Faith Mullen
  • Grandparent caregiving : legal status issues and state policy
  • Melina Perez-Porter and Margaret M. Flynt
  • Planning for permanence / Martha Johns
  • Grandparents raising grandchildren orphaned and affected by HIV/AIDS / Daphne Joslin.
  • Special situation of incarcerated parents / Jeff Porterfield, Paula Dressel, and Sandra Barnhill
  • Profile of contemporary grandparenting in African-American families / Diane R. Brown and Joan Mars
  • Culture and caregiving : a study of latino grandparents / Carole B. Cox, Lisette Resto Brooks, and Carmen Valcarcel
  • Support groups in the lives of grandmothers raising grandchildren / Carol S. Cohen and Rolanda Pyle
  • Empowering grandparents raising grandchildren / Carole B. Cox.
  • Grandparents and schools : issues and potential challenges / Nina M. Silverstein and Laila Vehvilainen
  • Community interventions to support grandparent caregivers : lessons learned from the field / Kathleen M. Roe.