"Grandmothers who care for their grandkids fulltime need help for depression and family strains, report researchers from the Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing....
"Although we expected the primary caregiver grandmothers raising grandchildren would have more strain and depressive symptoms, " Musil said, "we were surprised at how persistent these were over the years examined in the study."...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-grandmothers-grandkids-struggle-depression.html
Musil, et al. (2013). "Longitudinal analysis of resourcefulness, family strain, and depressive symptoms in grandmother caregivers." Nursing Outlook. Abstract.
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