Different pathways to a common destiny: Grandparent caregivers in the District of Columbia

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 199-214

  Crewe, Sandra Edmonds ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Grandparent caregivers; Resilience; TANF

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE CLASS; CHILD CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; KINSHIP; STAKEHOLDER;

AGED; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GRANDCHILD; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HUMAN RELATION;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GRANDPARENTS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34548704262     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: 15404064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v22n03_13     Document Type: Review

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