Tag: Sandwich Generation
5 Caregiver Resolutions: A To-Do List for the New Year
New Year’s resolutions are profoundly personal and intensely optimistic. They require us to candidly appraise ourselves and our lives, and to be able to recognize areas of weakness and aspects of ourselves that need improvement. After all, we can’t fix a problem that we don’t recognize. Resolutions also require us to believe in ourselves –…
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Being “Sandwiched” as a Caregiver: Taking It With Grace and Optimism
At A Place for Mom we hear about the struggles and triumphs that go along with being a caregiver on a daily basis. We recently wrote a post about how caregivers are “super-humans” as they juggle multiple challenging roles with fortitude and grace. But this interview reminds us that caregivers are just regular people trying…
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The Sandwich Generation: 21st Century Super-Caregivers
What do you get when you combine a soccer mom and a family caregiver? Many of us might be inclined to respond, “Superwoman!” before asking to hear a better joke. But sociologists have a deadpan answer: “You get a member of the Sandwich Generation.” Caring for an aging parent is an immense challenge, and one…
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