祖孫家庭祖父母的健康

Grandparents Health in the Grandparent-Grandchild Households

祖父母養育孫子女的養育型態在近幾年逐漸增加。孫子女的照顧責任對祖父母來說，不論在經濟或身體健康皆面臨嚴重的挑戰。本文主要以護理對健康的觀點探討祖孫家庭中祖父母的健康。將祖父母的健康從生理、心理、社會及靈性的層面說明現有文獻對祖父母健康的相關研究及研究發現，並經由文獻的整理發展出理論概念模式，期待作為未來針對祖孫家庭健康議題研究之參考。

Grandparents raising grandchildren is a widespread phenomenon that has continued to increase during the last decade. The responsibility for raising grandchildren is a challenge to grandparents, not only in terms of financial burdens but also of attendant health problems. The purpose of this paper was to describe from a nursing perspective the health of grandparents in grandparent-grandchild households. The health issues of grandparents were discussed in the physical, mental, social and spiritual domains. By reviewing and discussing the literature on the issue of grandparents raising grandchildren, a conceptual framework was constructed to provide information for further studies into this issue.