Article by Isabel Bird – The Examiner. Raising Grandchildren: Susan Fahey says informal grandparent carers need help. Informal grandparent carers need free legal help from the government to confirm legal status as carers of their grandchildren, says lawyer Susan Fahey.Many informal carers are asked by the state to care for their grandchildren but then Child Safety…

MARCH 5 2019 – 4:30AM Raising Grandchildren series | Part 2     Story by Isabel Bird    The Examiner newspaper. Grandparent families in Australia are mostly retired, single grandmothers, living on pensions. Raising Grandchildren is a series looking at the challenges faced by elderly couples and singles who have children in their full-time care.  Joan*…