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GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN - Survey

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Hon Larry Anthony asked COTA National Seniors to work with grandparents who are raising their grandchildren to find out

We will be reporting to the Minister by the end of June 2003.

We are using a set of questions to collect this information at workshops around Australia. Any grandparent who is raising their grandchildren, or has done so in the past, is welcome to contribute to the report. You can answer these questions, by attending a workshop, in writing or by telephone. The address and telephone numbers are at the bottom of this page and the questions are on the next page.

This survey is divided into the following sections:

Fill out the information in each section as requested and submit the form.

SECTION A -- QUESTIONS FOR GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN

  1. Out of your experiences, tell us about the issues you have encountered, particularly relating to

                i. legal matters

                ii. financial issues

                iii. parenting your grandchildren

                iv. any other, eg. Services for children, respite, childcare

    These issues may arise in the immediate every day, medium term and long term.

  2. Tell us how you are dealing with these issues

  3. Tell us what would help you deal with these issues more effectively?

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    SECTION B -- SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

  4. There is very little information about the number of grandparents raising grandchildren, their age, the age and number of grandchildren they have in their care and where they live. It would be very helpful if we could include in our report to the Minister some statistics about the grandparents who contact us. You do not need to identify yourself.
    Your postcode       			
Your age in years   			
Your spouse/partner's age in years 	
Number of grandchildren in your care	
Age of the grandchildren in your care
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FORM SUBMISSION

Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions in our survey.

Please submit this questionnaire online by clicking Submit Form below.

Alternatively, please return it to:

Margot Fitzpatrick
Grandparents Project Officer
COTA National Seniors
Level 2, 3 Bowen Crescent
Melbourne Vic. 3004

Or telephone Margot on 9820 2655 and give your comments over the phone.
Or email mfitzpatrick@cota.org.au

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Copyright © 2003 COTA National Seniors. All rights reserved.
Revised: 3 April 2003

COTA National Seniors Policy Secretariat (formerly Council on the Ageing (Australia))
Level 2, 3 Bowen Crescent, Melbourne Vic 3004
Tel (03) 9820 2655 Fax (03) 9820 9886
email cota@cota.org.au
www.cota.org.au