Living with Grandparents: Skip-Generation Households, Dual Geriatric Care, and Epidemiological Risks

Living with Grandparents: Skip-Generation Households, Dual Geriatric Care, and Epidemiological Risks

1. Introduction to the Skip-Generation Household Residing with grandparents—frequently formalized as a “skip-generation” household where grandparents serve as primary caregivers to grandchildren, or as a dense, three-generation domestic model—creates an intricate and highly sensitive biological ecosystem. From a clinical and epidemiological perspective, this environment is characterized by the immediate intersection of two distinct, vulnerable populations: … Read more