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Grandfamilies and the Pandemic

Grandfamilies and the Pandemic

FromUs & Them


Grandfamilies and the Pandemic

FromUs & Them

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Feb 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Older people are the most vulnerable to COVID-19. That’s a challenge when people in their 60s, 70s and 80s are full time caretakers for grandkids. The opioid epidemic has made more than 2.5 million children nationally part of a ‘Grandfamiliy,’ a household headed by someone over 60. Social distancing isn’t an option when grandparents are tending to diapers, making meals and overseeing homework full time. Some are even essential workers. And COVID has only exacerbated opioid addictions and deaths. Through it all, families are still coming together to give their kids a home.
Released:
Feb 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

We tell stories from the fault lines that separate Americans. Peabody Award-winning public radio producer Trey Kay listens to people on both sides of the divide.