{"id":23498,"date":"2024-10-16T09:44:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23498"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:44:09","slug":"a-new-way-to-support-grandparents-raising-kids-affected-by-the-addiction-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23498","title":{"rendered":"A new way to support grandparents raising kids affected by the addiction epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Drew Hawkins for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy shouts and laughter fill the cafeteria at Locust Grove Baptist Church in New Market, Alabama \u2014 a small town just outside of Huntsville, in the northern part of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the grandparents eat dinner, their grandchildren chase each other around the tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They call themselves \u201cgrandfamilies.\u201d Everyone here knows each other.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/10\/15\/nx-s1-5149347\/opioid-funds-grandparents-addiction-epidemic-alabama\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/10\/15\/nx-s1-5149347\/opioid-funds-grandparents-addiction-epidemic-alabama\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Drew Hawkins for NPR) Happy shouts and laughter fill the cafeteria at Locust Grove Baptist Church in New Market,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,59],"tags":[1554,459,1553],"class_list":["post-23498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-caregiver","tag-addiction","tag-caregivers","tag-grandparents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23499,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23498\/revisions\/23499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}