A recent University of Chicago study of 13,000 grandparents ages 50 to
80 showed that grandmothers who took over as primary caregivers, for
grandkids whose parents were not present in the home, reported initial
declines in their health. This need not be reason to fret, though. The
researchers also reported that grandparents who stuck with it saw a
modest improvement in their health, which suggests that the negative
effect of becoming primary caretaker disappears as the arrangement
continues.
From "You're a Parent...Again" by Amanda Long (Grandparents.com)
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