Grandparent Caregivers' Perception of the Stress of Surrogate Parenting

Sands, Roberta G.; Goldberg-Glen, Robin S.

doi:10.1300/j079v26n03_05

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“…On the other hand, the buffering role of family support on caregiving stress shown in previous studies (Sands & Goldberg‐Glen 2000a,b) was not supported in this study. A high proportion (55·6%) of caregivers reported caregiving stress although the majority (86·7%) received family support.…”

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“…Caregiving characteristics were based on the previous literature, including reasons for caregiving, duration of daily caregiving, availability of family support for caregiving, caregiving stress, number of grandchildren receiving care and living arrangements with grandchild care recipients (e.g. Sands & Goldberg‐Glen 2000a,b, Joslin & Harrison 2002, Orb & Davey 2005). Age was measured by asking the chronological age and date of birth of the participants.…”

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“…Fuller‐Thomson and Minkler (2007) have suggested that financial deprivation experienced by many grandparent caregivers could, in many cases, be improved through social welfare measures. Other research has indicated that family cohesion and use of community social support could reduce psychological stress, extreme isolation and emotional loneliness among grandparent caregivers (Sands & Goldberg‐Glen 2000a,b, Dannison & Smith 2003). A positive correlation has also been found between social support and good physical health among grandparents in a grandparent caregiver support group (Leder et al.…”

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Quality of life among older grandparent caregivers: a pilot study

Meihan

Liu

2009

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Nurses in community settings should be aware of the physical burdens on older grandparent caregivers and offer advice to protect their health. Further studies with larger sample sizes are required to generate more complete results on the consequences of caregiving by grandparents. The buffering role of family support on caregiving stress should also be further studied using validated measurement tools.

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Quality of life among older grandparent caregivers: a pilot study

Meihan

Liu

2009

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…The FILE was modified similarly to that of Peterson & Christiansen (2002) to include 31 dichotomous questions from 7 of 9 subscales (intra-family strain/conflict, financial strain, work-family transitions, illness and family care strains, loss, pregnancy/childbearing strains, and family legal issues), which reflect relevant life stresses frequently reported by grandmothers (Musil & Standing, 2005; Sands & Goldberg-Glen, 2000). Respondents indicated whether or not specific changes occurred in their family during the prior 12 months.…”

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“…Grandmothers in multigenerational homes reported more instrumental support than primary and non-caregivers, but less subjective support than non-caregivers (Musil & Ahmad, 2002). Social support, both formal and informal (Gerard et al) and instrumental and subjective (Musil & Ahmad) is associated with better mental health among grandmothers, especially those who are primary or multigenerational caregivers (Bachman & Chase-Lansdale, 2005; Burnette, 2000; Hughes et al, 2007; Kelley et al, 2000; Sands & Goldberg-Glen, 2000). Social support has been found to moderate the effect of stressful life events on depression among caregivers to older adults (Chou & Chi, 2002), but few researchers have tested the moderating effects of support on the stress-depression relationship in this population.…”

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Grandmother Caregiving, Family Stress and Strain, and Depressive Symptoms

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This study used the resiliency model of family stress, adjustment, and adaptation as the framework to examine the main and moderating effects of social support and resourcefulness in the relationship between family life stresses and strain and depressive symptoms in grandmothers raising grandchildren, grandmothers in multigenerational homes, and noncaregivers to grandchildren. A sample of 486 Ohio grandmothers, recruited using random and supplemental convenience methods, completed mailed surveys. Analysis of variance was used to examine differences in family life stresses and strain, resourcefulness, support, and depressive symptoms across the three groups of grandmothers. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to examine whether family stresses and strains affected the grandmother's depressive symptoms and whether social support and resourcefulness moderated the relationship between family stresses and strain and grandmothers' mental health. Grandmothers raising grandchildren reported more depressive symptoms, but in multiple regression analyses of the full sample that controlled for demo-graphics, primary caregiving status was not related to depressive symptoms. More strain and less subjective support and resourcefulness were associated with higher depressive symptoms for all grandmothers, with 33% to 54% explained variances of such symptoms for each caregiving group and the full sample. Subjective support moderated the effects of strain and instrumental support moderated the effects of family life stresses on depressive symptoms. Social support and resourcefulness may help protect grandmothers from the effects of family stresses and strain, and interventions to enhance these factors may assist grandmother caregivers to achieve better mental health.

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