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The article aims to portray a reconstruction as well as conduct an analysis of the changes in public support policy for the people who provide long-term care to their heavily disabled relatives. The first part presents the characteristic traits of the carer allowance recipients as well as their experiences and distinctiveness in the broader context of the situation of the disabled and their families. The second part provides a chronology of the changes in financial support policy toward carers since 2003 when the Act of Family Benefits took effect. Under the Act carers are entitled to allowances up to the present time. The process shows not only the lack of any stable trend as far as the direction of the policy in that field is concerned, but also a big role of external factors as well as social and public actors in that matter. The actors of public policy in this area as well as their impact on the construct of the legal changes in place constitute the subject of the third part of the article. Apart from the Council of Ministers, the author regards the Constitutional Tribunal and its rulings, the Ombudsman and also public support recipients along with their representative parties as the actors of public support policy.

Do distance and national borders make a difference in grandparents' relation and communication practices with their grandchildren? Is transnational grandparenthood a unique phenomenon? Research on diverse types of grandparental care and virtual co-presence in transnational families suggests migrants and their parents have mastered the ways to care at a distance. However, what does it actually mean? In this issue of CMR Spotlight Weronika Kloc-Nowak and Sylwia Timoszuk outline some results of the 2019-2020 nationwide survey which puts 'flying granny' and 'skyping grandpa' tropes in the context of Polish families.

The main aim of this paper was the analysis of the impact of the "Family 500+" social programme in three areas: fertility, poverty in families with children, and the labour market participation of parents (mainly mothers) with young children. Statistical data available to date has been used by the author. The results show that the new benefit decreased the risk of poverty in families with children, had an impact on the higher number of births - which could be a temporary effect or a result of other family policy reforms implemented in 2013-2016 - and it decreased female labour market activity.