Seeking Grandparents for Caregiving Survey

From the Denton Record-Chronicle:

Dr. Bert Hayslip of the University of North Texas Psychology Department and UNT student Shanna Davis are conducting a survey exploring the role of endurance as a resource among grandparents who are raising grandchildren on a full-time basis. The survey will ask questions about the grandparents, the caregiving situation and about the relationship to the grandchild. The survey takes about an hour to do and can be done at home.

To qualify for the project, grandparents must be primarily responsible for the full-time care of their grandchildren, who must be younger than 18 and residing with the grandparent.

Those interested can have the survey mailed to them. All information will be confidential. Each grandparent will be assigned a code number that will uniquely identify them only to Hayslip and Davis; no names will appear on the survey.

Also, grandparent caregivers are under no obligation to complete the survey even if they have begun the project. If desired, participants may receive results of the project when it is completed.

For more information, call 940-565-2675 or e-mail hayslipb@unt.edu