Grandparents As Carers of Children With Disabilities
Subtitle: Facing the Challenges
Contributors: Philip, Ph.D. McCallion (Editor); Matthew P. Janicki (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780789011923
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; General; Child care; Social Science; Human Services; Grandparents as parents; Children's Studies; Handicapped; Caregivers; Care; Children with disabilities
First sentence: Two newly emerging caregiver populations, grandparents who are rearing grandchildren and aging parents who are life-long caregivers of adult children with chronic developmental and emotional disabilities, have heightened attention to the expanding roles of older adults as family caregivers.