I can name off a lot of drugs.”She is among a growing number of grandparents who are stepping up as their adult children are consumed by addiction. Provinces are not consistently tracking, if at all, how often children are being raised by grandparents because of opioid addiction. — the centre of the opioid crisis — it would appear there’s at least some connection, said Bernard Richard, the province’s representative for children and youth. “It happens all the time.”Grandparents on fixed incomes who suddenly take on full-time child care need more financial support, Richard said. They also flag the need for more family-friendly services that don’t force addicted parents to place their children in care during treatment.

Source: thestar March 21, 2018 17:37 UTC