Just Enough Jessica Greene Moving in with Grandma may not be the best answer, reports the Gerontological Society of America. A reported 3.9 million children were being raised by their grandparents in 1997, which has led to concerns about the effects of surrogate parenting on grandparents.
Grandfathers tend to play a less significant role, culminating in eventual absence.
While grandmothers seek support from relatives and friends, grandfathers seek solace in activities that take them outside the residence. Interestingly, if the child is later removed from the household, it is generally the grandfather who has an increase in depressive symptoms, rather than the grandmother. Fill it up, doc. A recent trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that upping the amount of oxygen in the mix of gases patients breathe during surgery can decrease the incidence of wound infection by 50 percent. The extra oxygen halves the rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting.