Understanding the mental health travails of custodial grandparents
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
Publisher
Routledge / Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication
United States
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
22148
Abstract
Grandcarers are at-risk of poor mental health outcomes. Current knowledge of the support needs of grandcarers is fragmented. To help fill this knowledge gap qualitative analysis was undertaken on 49 interviews conducted with custodial grandparents. The findings reveal that conflicted occupational roles coupled with the complexity of the stressors facing grandcarers both contribute to their social isolation and to their self-doubts about their ability to adequately attend to their grandchildren’s needs. Greater awareness among occupational therapists (OTs) of custodial grandparents’ mental health travails and an increased understanding of key occupational therapy (OT) practice initiatives are central to addressing grandcarers’ mental health travails.
DOI
10.1080/0164212X.2015.1136255
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Comments
Taylor, M., Marquis, R., Batten, R., & Coall, D. (2016). Understanding the mental health travails of custodial grandparents. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 32(2), 259-280. Available here.