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When great-grandparents become last resort caregivers

I am eighty and my great-granddaughter is two and her grandmother who was raising her just died and now there is no one else but me and I do not think I can do this again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Multiple generational failures create cascading responsibility that exceeds physical and emotional capacity while offering no alternatives.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grandparents raising grandchildren?”

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