Becoming involved in raising a relative's child: Reasons, caregiver motivations and pathways to informal kinship care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-310

  Gleeson, James P ^a   Wesley, Julia M ^b   Ellis, Raquel ^b   Seryak, Claire ^a   Talley, Gwen Walls ^c   Robinson, Jackie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^c Family Based Services for Grand Boulevard Federation ^*  (United States)

^d Ounce of Prevention Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal caregiving; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651166677     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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