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How Caregiving Grandparents View Support Groups for Grandchildren in Their Care *
Author(s) -
Smith Gregory C.,
SavageStevens Susan E.,
Fabian Ellen S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2002.00274.x
Subject(s) - grandparent , psychology , focus group , developmental psychology , gerontology , primary caregiver , medicine , sociology , anthropology
Forty‐two grandparents who were primary caregivers to grandchildren completed self‐administered questionnaires and 28 also participated in focus groups to provide their views on the appropriateness and implementation of grandchildren support groups. The vast majority (88%) felt that such support groups would be beneficial, and few differences emerged regarding how they should be ideally implemented when comparing the views of grandparents varying in educational level, age of grandchildren, and status as a human service professional.