Young adult children and grandchildren in primary caregiver roles to older relatives and their service needs

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-186

  Dellmann Jenkins, Mary ^a   Blankemeyer, Maureen ^b   Pinkard, Odessa ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Evenstart Program ^*

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Filial roles; Grandchildren; Young adult children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164103     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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