To Grandmother's House We Go And Stay: Perspectives on Custodial Grandparents

by Carole B. Cox PhD

Overview

This book addresses the growing phenomenon of grandparents assuming responsibility for raising their grandchildren. Cox has assembled an impressive team of psychologists, social workers, and nurses, as well as lawyers and sociologists. They draw on their experience to explore the grandparent-grandchild relationship and its intricacies. Lack of preparation, social isolation, psychological and emotional stress, and financial strain all contribute to the myriad of issues involved in this new wrinkle in the American family. Additional topics include: ethnicity and diversity, social services and interventions, and policy reforms. This book will be of interest to all social workers and gerontologists working with custodial grandparents and their grandchildren.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826116918
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/27/1999
Series:	Springer Series on Lifestyles and Issues in Aging
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Carole B. Cox, PhD, is Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the author of more than 50 journal articles and chapters dealing with various aspects of aging and caregiving.

Table of Contents

Section I: Setting the Stage

1. Why Grandchildren are Going to and Staying at Grandmotherís House and What Happens When They Get There, Carole B. Cox
2. A Profile of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in the U.S., Esme Fuller Thompson, Meredith Minkler, and Diane Driver

Section II: The Status of Grandparents

3. Physical Health of Custodial Grandparents, Jonathan Marx and Jennifer Crew Solomon
4. Social Support, Stress, and Special Coping Tasks of Grandmother Caregivers, Carol M. Musil, Susan Schrader, and John Mutikani
5. Psychological Costs and Benefits of Raising Grandchildren: Evidence from a National Survey of Grandparents, Roseanne Giarrusco, Merril Silverstein, and Du Feng
6. Risks of Caregiving: Abuse Within the Relationship, Patricia Brownell and Jacquelin Berman

Section III: Policy Issues

7. Grandparents and Welfare Reform, Faith Mullen
8. Grandparent Caregiving: Legal Status Issues and State Policy, Melinda Perez-Porter and Margaret M. Flynt
9. Planning for Permanence, Martha Johns

Section IV: Grandparenting Among Diverse Populations

10. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Orphaned and Affected by HIV/AIDS, Daphne Joslin
11. Special Situation of Incarcerated Parents, Jeff Porterfield, Paula Dressel, and Sandra Barnhill
12. Profile of Contemporary Grandparenting in African American Families, Diane R. Brown and Joan Mars
13. Culture and Caregiving: A Study of Latino Grandparents, Carole B. Cox, Lisette Resto Brooks, and Carmen Valcarcel

Section V: Services and Interventions

14. Support Groups in the Lives of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren, Carol S. Cohen and Rolanda Pyle
15. Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Carole B. Cox
16. Grandparents and Schools: Issues and Potential Challenges, Nina M. Silverstein and Laila Vehvilainen
17. Community Interventions to Support Grandparent Caregivers: Lessons Learned from the Field, Kathleen M. Roe

Section VI: Conclusions

18. Conclusions, Carole B. Cox