Over the past 30 years, the number of grandparents who are raising grandchildren has increased (Dolbin-MacNab & Traylor, 2016;Lugaila, 1998;Simmons & Dye, 2003; U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). This increase is due to a variety of factors including parental child abuse, neglect, drug abuse, economic hardship (Taylor, Livingston, Wang, & Dockterman, 2010), divorce, and death (Gleeson, et al., 2009). Many older adults who are raising grandchildren suffer from chronic illnesses and functional limitations that are exacerbated by the stress of caregiving (M. Minkler & Fuller-Thomson, 2005;Whitley, Kelley, & Sipe, 2001). Unfortunately, due to their caregiving responsibilities, grandparents are oftentimes unable to engage in healthy behaviors such as physical activity, which may mitigate health issues (
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