The Role of Grandparents in Adjustment to Epilepsy

This article reports a study of whom the family defines as least helpful in their adjustment to a child's epilepsy. The results indicate that almost80% of the families define agmndparent as least helpful in theiradjustment to the seizures. The implications ofgmndparents stressingadjustmentpmcesses fmma unique social position is discussed as both important and underestimated