Tompkins Catherine
Social Work Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2007 May;45(5):19-22. doi: 10.3928/02793695-20070501-06.
Adult children are often identified as primary caregivers for their older adult parents; however, in a growing number of cases, the adult child does not become the caregiver. Evidence of this includes the growing social phenomenon of grandparents raising their grandchildren. In this qualitative research project, the long-term caregiving relationship between grandparents and grandchildren living in grandparent-headed households was explored through interviews with three grandparent-grandchild dyads. The ongoing relationship in the dyads did not seem to mimic a parent-child relationship or a grandparent-grandchild relationship, but instead a third kind of relationship that requires further exploration.
成年子女通常被视为其年迈父母的主要照顾者；然而，在越来越多的情况下，成年子女并未成为照顾者。这方面的证据包括祖父母抚养孙辈这一日益普遍的社会现象。在这个定性研究项目中，通过对三个祖孙二元组进行访谈，探讨了生活在以祖父母为户主家庭中的祖父母与孙辈之间的长期照顾关系。二元组中的这种持续关系似乎既不像亲子关系，也不像祖孙关系，而是一种需要进一步探究的第三种关系。
