Sandwich Generation

SandwichINK Resources for the Sandwich Generation
The Sandwich Generation Issues
The Sandwich Generation is large, and growing daily. We are the men and women who are caring for the elderly parents or other relatives in our family, usually still have children at home, and some are even babysitting grandchildren full or part time. We are working hard at home, and many are also working hard outside the home. We are doing a great job but we can always use extra help, resources, ideas, news and words of encouragement. That is the primary goal at SandwichINK.com - to inform an...

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Sandwich Generation Defined
Sandwich Generation Senior Home Care Givers are family members who are caring for the elderly relatives in their family. Usually the aging relative is a parent but sometimes it's an aunt, uncle, or even a close family friend. Between my parents and myself, we've done all of that at one or more times in our lives. The family members may live in our homes, live in their own homes nearby, live in their own homes far away, or live in some type of care facility close by or far away. Even with care...

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The Challenges of the Sandwich Generation
As the first Baby Boomers are reaching the age of retirement, they're also experiencing a new trend. Instead of spending their golden years traveling and enjoying leisure time they've been thrust back into the role of caregivers - only this time for their parents. And those who're still working and raising their own families have it twice as hard. The Sandwich Generation: Caught Between Growing Children and Aging Parents Many people are finding themselves in the role of taking care of their ...

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Who we are?
The generation born between 1950 and 1970 has often been called The Baby Boomer Generation. There have been some variations on that title including The Me Generation, The Vietnam Generation and even for the sake of a certain comedian, The Al Frankin Generation. But the title that is most appropriate to where we are now, as we become caregivers for our children as well as our aging parents is "The Sandwich Generation". This is a painfully appropriate term because those of us in our late 40s t...