Examining the Effectiveness of a Case Management Program for Custodial Grandparent Families
Researchers have identified complex needs of custodial grandparent families and lack of access to needed resources such as housing, financial and legal assistance, and health care. Case management links these families with needed services while helping them develop skills to promote their health and...
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| description | Researchers have identified complex needs of custodial grandparent families and lack of access to needed resources such as housing, financial and legal assistance, and health care. Case management links these families with needed services while helping them develop skills to promote their health and well-being. This paper describes a case management program for custodial grandparent families using a nurse-social worker case management team. data were collected from 50 grandparents and 33 children using surveys and semi-structured instruments. Physical and mental health outcomes were measured using Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF 12) to measure the perceived quality of health for grandparents and the Child Behavior Checklist to measure the emotional and behavioral functioning of grandchildren. Grandparents more positively perceived their mental health after participating in the program. Perceptions about physical health were generally the same before and after the program. Grandparents' reported that many grandchildren had emotional and behavioral problems in the clinical range. These findings highlight the need for further research on the mental health needs of children being parented by grandparents as well as determining effective models and interventions to minimize adverse effects of parenting on grandparents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-986a2d93c0974453879dd95262db6cf42025-02-03T05:44:42ZengWileyNursing Research and Practice2090-14292090-14372012-01-01201210.1155/2012/124230124230Examining the Effectiveness of a Case Management Program for Custodial Grandparent FamiliesLenora Campbell0Dana L. Carthron1Margaret Shandor Miles2LaShanda Brown3Division of Nursing, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 27402-6172, USADivision of Nursing, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 27402-6172, USASchool of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USADivision of Nursing, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 27402-6172, USAResearchers have identified complex needs of custodial grandparent families and lack of access to needed resources such as housing, financial and legal assistance, and health care. Case management links these families with needed services while helping them develop skills to promote their health and well-being. This paper describes a case management program for custodial grandparent families using a nurse-social worker case management team. data were collected from 50 grandparents and 33 children using surveys and semi-structured instruments. Physical and mental health outcomes were measured using Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF 12) to measure the perceived quality of health for grandparents and the Child Behavior Checklist to measure the emotional and behavioral functioning of grandchildren. Grandparents more positively perceived their mental health after participating in the program. Perceptions about physical health were generally the same before and after the program. Grandparents' reported that many grandchildren had emotional and behavioral problems in the clinical range. These findings highlight the need for further research on the mental health needs of children being parented by grandparents as well as determining effective models and interventions to minimize adverse effects of parenting on grandparents.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/124230 |
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