Lived experience of being a grandparent in one region of Spain: a qualitative study
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Title: | Lived experience of being a grandparent in one region of Spain: a qualitative study |
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Authors: | Garcia-Sanjuan, Sofia | Gutiérrez García, Ana Isabel | Cabañero-Martínez, María José | Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel | Rocamora-Rodríguez, María C. | Escribano, Silvia |
Research Group/s: | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) | Envejecimiento y Comunicación (AgeCOM) | Enfermería y Cultura de los Cuidados (EYCC) | Calidad de Vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Salud | Psicología Aplicada a la Salud y Comportamiento Humano (PSYBHE) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud |
Keywords: | Caregiving | Grandchildren | Grandparents | Life experience | Qualitative research |
Issue Date: | 27-Nov-2024 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Citation: | Frontiers in Public Health. 2024, 12: 1419207. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1419207 |
Abstract: | Background: The evolution of the family model in Europe in the 21st century, and particularly in Spain, has led to grandparents playing a major role in caring for their grandchildren. Grandparents are required to take on certain functions and roles in order to provide this care. This results in changes to their daily lives, their family relationships and therefore their quality of life. Objective: To explore grandparents’ lived experience of being involved in the upbringing and care of grandchildren and to determine how this affects their quality of life. Methodology: A descriptive qualitative design was used. The data collection strategy involved two focus groups in two health centres in the province of Alicante (Spain), which were attended by 19 grandparents. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Four themes and their respective sub-themes emerged from the data analysis: (1) Not only caring, but also raising (implications for upbringing; dealing with their children’s rules; nutrition of grandchildren); (2) Motivation for providing care (it is what families do; financial support; barriers to caregiving that outweigh the reasons for caregiving); (3) Significance of gender (grandmothers bring up, grandfathers help out; cultural burden of caregiving for women) and (4) Implications of care (negative aspects of caregiving; positive aspects of caregiving). Conclusion: The study findings show that while grandparents recognise the value and benefits of providing regular childcare, there are important challenges that need to be addressed. It would therefore be advisable for health professionals to take into account the experience of grandparent caregivers and the process of caring for young children when developing inclusive policies for this population of caregivers. |
Sponsor: | This research was supported by the Office of the Vice President of Research and Knowledge Transfer for the promotion of R&D of the University of Alicante, 2019 Programme (Grant/Award no.: GRE19-08). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/149609 |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1419207 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2024 García-Sanjuán, Gutiérrez-García, Cabañero-Martínez, Fernández-Alcántara, Rocamora-Rodriguez and Escribano. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1419207 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas INV - EYCC - Artículos de Revistas INV - AgeCOM - Artículos de Revistas INV - CV, BP Y S - Artículos de Revistas INV - PSYBHE - Artículos de Revistas |
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