According as a great variety of families are appeared these days. Grandparents headed families are noticed in our society. Grandparents have experienced physical, economical, social and psychological burden through caring grandchildren as well as gran...
According as a great variety of families are appeared these days. Grandparents headed families are noticed in our society. Grandparents have experienced physical, economical, social and psychological burden through caring grandchildren as well as grandchildren were faced with matter of communication, emotional anxiety, lack of learning ability, personal relationship problem, school maladaptation. This study aim to investigate the transition, characteristics, problems and needs, actual condition of policy with Grandparents headed family. Also, I willing to analyse the policy contents of them and search for direction to that alternatives. It is as follows. First, Grandparents who raising their grandchildren were in physical, economical, social and psychological crisis. Grandchildren experienced emotional, developmental and psychological problems. More ever, Grandparents headed families are confronted poverty and communication problem between generation. The government provide with diverse policy such as incomes policy, medical policy, housing policy and supportive caring system. Secondly, policy of grandparents raising grandchildren was based on residual perspective limitedly. Definitely, allocation is based means test to choose the service eligibility. Also, government operated mostly cash that emphasize on rational choice of consumers. Thus, government prepare to various benefit style such as goods, service, and vouchers as well need to separate program between income policy and social service. Lastly, we need to establish network to cooperate in delivery systems. Therefor, policy with grandparents raising grandchildren is necessary to covert policy switch to comprehensive support and integrating systems.