Kinship foster care – perceptions and experiences of grandparents regarding fostering their teenage offspring

dc.contributor.advisorCarelse, Shernaaz
dc.contributor.authorManthosi, Frans Lesetja
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-17T07:10:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T13:14:24Z
dc.date.available2021-03-17T07:10:54Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T13:14:24Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionMagister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)en_US
dc.description.abstractKinship foster care in South Africa, whereby orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) are being cared for by their biological relatives, is increasing. The significant increase in kinship foster care has a strong correlation to the high rates of HIV/AIDS-related deaths, resulting in a high prevalence of children who are vulnerable and orphaned. Social workers are mandated to seek alternative care placements for such OVC, prioritising kinship care as opposed to foster care with non-biological families. However, such kinship foster care, in which children are likely to be placed in the care of their grandparents, as common practice in South Africa, is not without challenges relating to family dynamics, especially when foster children become teenagers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/11377
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectFoster careen_US
dc.subjectFoster grandparentsen_US
dc.subjectKinship foster careen_US
dc.subjectOffspringen_US
dc.subjectOrphanen_US
dc.titleKinship foster care – perceptions and experiences of grandparents regarding fostering their teenage offspringen_US

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