There are many services available to help children with disabilities and their parents in Australia, but there are very few that cater to the unique needs of grandparents. On Sunday 27th October, National Grandparent's Day, we acknowledge the elders in our Sanfilippo community.
Many grandparents perform a triple caring role: looking after their affected grandchild or in some cases children, on top of caring for unaffected siblings and/or cousins while also attempting to care for the wellbeing of their adult child – not to mention caring for themselves!