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Auxiliary caregivers — the perceptions of grandchildren within multigenerational caregiving environments
Author(s)	Nancy A Orel, Paula Dupuy, Jeanne Wright
Journal title	Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 2, no 2, 2004
Pages	pp 67-94
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Grandchildren ; Attitude ; Family care ; Grandparents ; Multi generation families ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	In-depth, semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with care recipients (grandparents), primary/secondary caregivers (parents) and auxiliary caregivers (grandchildren) from three multigenerational caregiving families. Six themes emerged from this qualitative study's data: grandchildren's perception of disease; grandchildrens' perception of care recipient; caregiving activities performed by grandchildren; non-caregiving activities with grandpareents; feelings related to providing care; and grandchildren's perceptions of parents' caregiving responsibilities. Each of these themes and corresponding categories and subcategories of meaning are presented. The study suggests that grandchildren were responsible for a variety of caregiving tasks, and experience a wide range of emotions in their role as auxiliary caregivers. Recommendations are made for caregiving families. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-041209210 A
Classmark	SW5: DP: P6:SJ: SW: SJC: 3DP: 7T
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