Grootmoeders in Kayamandi se ervaring van familie-pleegsorg
Date
2006
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Dept. of Social Work, Stellenbosch University
Abstract
An exploratory study with a descriptive design has been used in order to gain a better understanding of the experience of grandmothers as kinship caregiver (family foster parent) for their grandchildren. The increase in the number of grandmothers who are acting as kinship caregivers, as well as the shortage of indigenous literature on this phenomenon in South Africa, were the motivation for the study. The aim of the study is to provide some guidelines to social workers for service rendering to these grandmothers and foster children. The study presents a profile of the grandmother as kinship caregiver as well as the foster child in Kayamandi. The findings of the study show that the experiences of the grandmother as kinship caregiver are marked with mixed feelings, but are overall a positive experience. The recommendations focus mainly on grandmothers' need for social and material support.
Pleegplasings by familie as vorm van substituutsorg, is die vinnigs groeiende kindersorgdiens in die Verenigde State van Amerika (voorts genoem die VSA) as gevolg van ’n afname in geskikte pleegouers (Wilson & Chipunga, 1996:387). Dieselfde tendens word in Suid-Afrika ondervind. Volgens die Witskrif vir Welsyn (Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997) neem versorging van kinders buite hul biologiese ouerhuise toe. Die Discussion Paper van die Kinderwet ( no 74 van 1983) beaam dat die veranderde sosio-ekonomiese behoeftes in Suid-Afrika lei tot ’n afname in geskikte pleegouers (SA Law Commission, 2002:713). Die gebrek aan navorsing (Strydom, 2003:302) oor bejaardes was ’n bydraende motivering om die ervaring van die grootmoeder as familiepleegouer te ondersoek.
Pleegplasings by familie as vorm van substituutsorg, is die vinnigs groeiende kindersorgdiens in die Verenigde State van Amerika (voorts genoem die VSA) as gevolg van ’n afname in geskikte pleegouers (Wilson & Chipunga, 1996:387). Dieselfde tendens word in Suid-Afrika ondervind. Volgens die Witskrif vir Welsyn (Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997) neem versorging van kinders buite hul biologiese ouerhuise toe. Die Discussion Paper van die Kinderwet ( no 74 van 1983) beaam dat die veranderde sosio-ekonomiese behoeftes in Suid-Afrika lei tot ’n afname in geskikte pleegouers (SA Law Commission, 2002:713). Die gebrek aan navorsing (Strydom, 2003:302) oor bejaardes was ’n bydraende motivering om die ervaring van die grootmoeder as familiepleegouer te ondersoek.
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CITATION: Van Rensburg, M. D. & Green, S. 2006. Grootmoeders in Kayamandi se ervaring van familie-pleegsorg. Social Work, 42(3):327-340, doi:10.15270/42-3-303.
The original publication is available at http://socialwork.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://socialwork.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Kinship care, Grandmothers -- South Africa, Foster children
Citation
Van Rensburg, M. D. & Green, S. 2006. Grootmoeders in Kayamandi se ervaring van familie-pleegsorg. Social Work, 42(3):327-340, doi:10.15270/42-3-303.