Grandmothers as Caregivers: Raising Children of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic

by Kathleen M. Roe and Meredith Minkler

Book Overview

Based on the first major study of black grandmothers who, as a consequence of the cocaine epidemic, raise young grandchildren, this volume examines: the social and cultural contexts within which grandparent caregiving takes place; the roles and responsibilities of grandparents; how the role of caregiver changes their lives; the cost of caregiving in terms of health, economics and employment; and the role of social support networks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803948468
• ISBN13: 9780803948464
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.