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| Mental health of grandparent caregivers | | Author(s) | Denise Burnette |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 6, no 4, Winter 2000 |
| Pages | pp 263-397 (whole issue) |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Psychiatric treatment ; Mental health [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | During the past 25 years in the US, middle-aged and older adults who act as surrogate or supplementary parents for their grandchildren and other young kin have emerged as a new, comparatively vulnerable population of family caregivers. Among the problems faced by these grandparent-headed families are: divorce of their children; teenage pregnancies; single-parenthood; drug or alcohol abuse; HIV/AIDS; and imprisonment of women of child-bearing age. A disproportionate number of such households are headed by low-income, ethnic minority grandmothers. Such factors relate to the types of mental health problems discussed in the articles in this issue of the Journal of Mental Health and Aging. Other themes covered are: depressive symptoms; grandparents raising grandchildren in rural communities; and empowerment training. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010419206 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: LP: D: 7T |
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