Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Emerging Program and Policy Issues for the 21st Century

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-94

  Smith, Carrie Jefferson ^a   Beltran, Ana ^b   Butts, Donna M ^b   Kingson, Eric R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Generations United   (United States)

Author keywords

Generations; Grandparent caring; Intergenerational agenda; Relative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937331915     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v34n01_06     Document Type: Article

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