Organization | • | Illinois Department on Aging | [X] |  
  | | 1: |  | Title:   |  |   |  |   | Volume/Number:   | 2014 September 5 |   |  |   | Issuing Agency:   |  |   |  |   | Description:   | In observance of Grandparents Day this Sunday, September 7, Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., praises grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and reminded about support services.  A grandparent who lives with and is responsible for most of the basic needs of their grandchildren, ages 18 and younger, is a primary caregiver.  Its estimated more than 100,000 grandparents in Illinois serve as the primary caregivers for their grandchildren because the parents are unable to. |   |  |   | Date Created:   | 09-05-2014 |   |  |   | Agency ID:   | 1041**14 |   |  |   | ISL ID:   | 000000053545   Original UID: 174836 FIRST WORD: In |   |  
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