Grandparents’ experiences of kinship care – repair and rescue, rather than pleasure and leisure

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Description

Dr Gemma Carney and Dr Paula Devine look at the concept of kinship care - where children are cared for by relatives and how more and more grandparents are taking on the role of replacement parent with all the accompanying responsibilities.

Period16 Jun 2017

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Media contributions

  • TitleGrandparents’ experiences of kinship care – repair and rescue, rather than pleasure and leisure
    Degree of recognitionRegional
    Media name/outletQ Pol blog
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date16/06/2017
    DescriptionDr Gemma Carney and Dr Paula Devine look at the concept of kinship care - where children are cared for by relatives and how more and more grandparents are taking on the role of replacement parent with all the accompanying responsibilities.
    URLqpol.qub.ac.uk/kinship-care/
    PersonsGemma Carney, Paula Devine
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Seminar

TitleExploring inequalities in caring: grandparents’ experiences of kinship care from multiple<br/><br/>
LocationUlster University , Belfast, United Kingdom
Period07 Jun 2017 → 07 Jun 2017
Linkhttps://www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/events

Keywords

  • ageing
  • grandparents
  • care
  • gender

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