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Dayton Jacques, RN, MSN

Doing it all over again: grandparent led families in Western North Carolina

By Dayton Jacques, RN, MSN , MAY 3, 2021

ASHEVILLE -- Many grandparents are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. There were more than 5.8 million grandparent-led families in the United States at the time of the 2010 U.S. Census, with figures expected to have risen since then.

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