Placement with Grandparents: The Issues for Grandparents Who Care for their Grandchildren

Pitcher, David

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“…Moreover, older relative carers could feel socially dislocated as they did not fit with parents of the child's age or with their own friends who no longer looked after dependent children. Some too had other caring responsibilities for their own elderly parents or a sick partner (see also Pitcher, 2002). Grandparent carers were sometimes struggling with feelings of loss, shame or guilt about the difficulties of their adult children which had necessitated the children being removed from them or because they had been unable to take on a full sibling group and one or more of the children had been adopted by strangers (see also Minkler et al, 1992;Strawbridge et al, 1997).…”

Section: Impact Of Children On Kin Carersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In terms of overall levels of service and support from children's services, 3 however, significantly more kin carers received low levels of service (69%) as compared with unrelated foster carers (47%). Particularly high levels of support had sometimes been needed at the start of the kin placements (see also Pitcher, 2002).…”

Section: Servicesmentioning

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“…At the time the study reported here was commissioned there had been very little research on kin placements in the UK, although pioneers in this area had laid an important foundation of knowledge (see, for example, Broad, 1999Broad, , 2001Broad et al, 2001;Pitcher, 1999Pitcher, , 2002Flynn, 2002;Doolan et al, 2004). Nonetheless, these studies were mostly small in scale and did not systematically address the question of children's outcomes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Making Kinship Care Work

Farmer

2009

Adoption & Fostering

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Policy and practice developments need to be based on firm evidence about how well kinship care (that is, placements with relatives or friends) works and the services required to maintain these placements. The research reported by Elaine Farmer was based on case file reviews of 270 children, half in kin placements and half in non-kin foster care, and on interviews with a subsample of 32 kin carers, social workers, children and parents. The study found that while the children were remarkably similar in the two kinds of placement, kin carers, in contrast, were significantly more disadvantaged than stranger foster carers. They also faced more hostility from birth parents during contact. The children's outcomes in terms of placement quality and disruption in the two settings were also very similar. However, because kin carers persisted with very challenging children and yet received fewer services than stranger foster carers, they were more often under strain. This article compares the characteristics of carers and children in the two kinds of placement and examines the impact of the children on the kin carers and the strains they experienced. It also considers the services received and needed by kin carers and children. The implications for policy and practice are examined.

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Section: Impact Of Children On Kin Carersmentioning

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Making Kinship Care Work

Farmer

2009

Adoption & Fostering

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“…Diversas investigaciones (Altshuler, 1999;Pitcher, 2002;Roa y Vacas, 2001; Wilson y Conroy, 1999) también ponen de manifiesto que los menores se sienten felices, queridos y seguros viviendo con sus abuelos, tienen vínculos afectivos positivos con ellos, piensa que su situación familiar es buena y no le gustaría dejar el acogimiento ni dejar de vivir con sus abuelos.…”

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Menores criados por sus abuelas. Mejora de la pautas de cuidado a menores en acogimiento familiar en familia extensa a través de un programa de intervención psicoeducativo

Hernandis

Lluna

2011

Rev. infanc. adolesc.

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Menores criados por sus abuelas. Mejora de la pautas de cuidado a Menores en acogiMiento faMiliar en faMilia extensa a través de un prograMa de intervención psicoeducativo sacramento pinazo-Hernandis resumenEn esta investigación hemos pretendido describir el acogimiento familiar de menores en familia extensa como alternativa de convivencia en aquellos casos en que los padres no pueden o dejan de ejercer su rol de cuidadores principales de sus hijos. El impacto de esta situación familiar en los abuelos demanda una especial atención, por la problemática asociada a la reconversión de roles, desde abuelos a "padres sustitutos". La prevención de la aparición de consecuencias negativas (burnout, sintomatología depresiva, pérdida de relaciones sociales, problemas económicos, problemas de escolarización, etc.) junto con la promoción de consecuencias positivas (relación con los nietos, etc.) será objeto de análisis en nuestro trabajo. Es importante detectar las necesidades de apoyo psicosocial -además de otras formas de apoyo como el instrumental-y redes formales e informales para el diseño de adecuadas formas de intervención desde las instituciones y los agentes sociales.Palabras clave: Relaciones abuelos-nietos, acogimiento familiar, cuidados, apoyo social, recursos sociales, intervención familiar. AbstractIn this research we have tried to describe the fostering kinship with grandparents as an alternative to living together in cases in which parents cannot play or stop playing their roles of main caregivers of their own children. This diversity ranges from multiproblematical and risky families, in which the situations of neglect and unprotection of minors prevail, to the care of minors due to more normalized causes (like parents death, divorce, etc.) The impact of this family situation on grandparents requires an special attention, due to problems related to the restructuring of roles, i.e. turning grandparents into substitute parents. The prevention of the emergence of negative consequences (burnout, depressive symptomatology, loss of social relations, financial problems, schooling problems, etc.) along with the promotion of positive consequences (relation with the grandchildren, etc.) will be analysed in our work. It is important to detect the need for psychosocial support, apart from other ways of support such as the instrumental one, and the need for formal and informal networks for the design of property ways of intervention on the part of institutions and social agents, as well.Key words: Grandparents-grandchildren relationships, fostering kinship, care, social support los Menores en acogiMiento faMiliar en faMilia extensaLa crianza de los hijos en España, Italia y Grecia, suele ser apoyada por la familia extensa, que tiene un peso importante en el apoyo al cuidado de los hijos y suple, en parte, la falta de recursos sociales formales. La familia es una fuente de solidaridad para los mayores tanto para recibir cuidados como para dar cuidados. Debido a los cambios sociales y a la incorporación de la mujer al traba...

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“…Pitcher (2002) referred to the 'kinscription' of grandparents during a drug 'epidemic' on the west coast of the US in the 1990s. They may not have room in their home, child-safe accommodation or sufficient finances to make necessary changes.…”

Section: Disruption Of Attachment Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Formation, Disruption and Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment

Connor¹

2006

Australian Social Work

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Placement with Grandparents: The Issues for Grandparents Who Care for their Grandchildren

Cited by 21 publications

References 8 publications

Making Kinship Care Work

Making Kinship Care Work

Menores criados por sus abuelas. Mejora de la pautas de cuidado a menores en acogimiento familiar en familia extensa a través de un programa de intervención psicoeducativo

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Formation, Disruption and Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment

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