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• Grandparents Caring for Their Grandchildren: Emerging Roles and Exchanges in Global Perspectives

Families are the safety nets for society. They handle whatever problem there is no program or organizational response to solve in the larger society. Normative arrangements for exchange and transfer that have served families well for many generations are under considerable strain as demographic, medical and economic change has increased the length of time generations care for each other, the severity of problems that people are surviving while continuing to need care, and the complexity of making long term plans in a globalization setting. This review and analysis will look cross culturally at both traditional arrangements and new expectations and strategies. The cases as seen in several contemporary societies, of grandparents caring for grandchildren will be highlighted in terms of res...

... often have in meeting their decedents' needs. Implications for changing governmental pol... has been helpful in expanding the definition of transfers beyond those easily counted material ...

• Journal of Comparative Family Studies
• Vol. 40 Nbr. 5, October 2009

• Estate Planning And Wills In Quebec For The New Millennium

...The succession of each of the decedents then devolves to the persons who would have been c... 4. Particular Legacies. By definition, a legacy by particular title is one that is neith...

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