ABSTRACT
“COVID-19” is a term that has become a symbol of change in people’s lives around the world. Many analyses of the results of research conducted during the pandemic are concerned with the life situation of the older adults. Among them, grandparents raising their grandchildren have found themselves in a particular situation. The purpose of this chapter is to present the factors determining the characteristics of the life situation of grandparents raising grandchildren during the coronavirus epidemic. In the context of the conducted research, it was also important to collect information on their perception of the situation as a challenge or a threat. The theoretical basis for the study was the concept of social anchoring, which can explain the processes that stabilize people’s situation in the face of change, which was, in this particular case, forced upon them by the pandemic.
