Ageing Society and Advanced Demographic Transition New Developments in the Concept of Grandparenthood

Abstract

This paper tries to review some of the changes that the family group is suffering revising the concept of "home", "stepfamilies"; "parenthood", "grandchildren" and the new roles that "grandparents" are taking in facing these transformations.

The most relevant result indicates that these new roles of ageing people are essentially importance to understand some of the peculiarities of contemporary families, pointing out how they correlate with demographic trends that world goes through.