Kinship Foster Care and Its Impact on Grandmother Caregivers

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 85-102

  Kolomer, Stacey R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

History of kinship foster care; Impact on caregiving families; Kinship care research; Regrets of grandparents; Special needs children; Survey of programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937320851     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v33n03_05     Document Type: Article

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