Despite the fact that caregiving related issues are well researched in the field of family gerontology, the developmental experiences of grandchildren caregivers and the meanings of their caregiving e

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Trust as a mediator between family communication patterns and relational maintenance in grandparent-adult child-grandchild relationships (2022) · doi

  Grandparents in the United States play increasingly significant familial and societal roles, yet an underexplored aspect of their experiences is how the relationship between grandparents and their adult child influences the development of grandparent-grandchild relationships.

  Keywords: grandparents united states play increasingly significant familial societal roles underexplored aspect experiences relationship adult child
• Grandchildren's Perceptions of Caring for Grandparents (2006) · doi

  Despite the fact that caregiving related issues are well researched in the field of family gerontology, the developmental experiences of grandchildren caregivers and the meanings of their caregiving experiences have not been explored.

  Keywords: caregiving experiences despite fact related issues well researched field family gerontology developmental grandchildren caregivers meanings
• Grandparents as Regular Child Care Providers: Unrecognised, Under-Valued and Under-Resourced (2003) · doi

  While there is a considerable body of descriptive literature that reports on the incidence and nature of grandparenting in relation to the custodial care of children, little is known about grandparents who are regular child care providers.

  Keywords: care there considerable body descriptive literature reports incidence nature grandparenting relation custodial children little known