SiteTitle | • | In Honor of Grandparents Day State Praises Grandparents Raising Grandchildren | [X] |
Organization | • | Illinois Department on Aging | [X] |
| | 1: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In observance of Grandparents Day on Sunday, August 8, Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., today praised grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and offered support. 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. In Illinois, its estimated more than 100,000 grandparents are serving as the primary caregivers for their grandchildren when the parents are unable to. | | | | Date Created: | 09-06-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 913**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051331 Original UID: 172221 FIRST WORD: In | |
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