The Sandwich Generation
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Episode 10 -
Are you part of the “Sandwich Generation”? No, we’re not talking about a generation of people that like to eat sandwiches, it’s a newer growing group of individuals that are facing sometimes insurmountable challenges. This group is tasked with not only raising their own children but also providing care for their elderly parents at the same time.
Maybe you currently have children living at home they can be older or younger and you’re working full-time but maybe your mother or father or even both are starting to have some more and more health issues and needing your help just a little bit more and your children still need you’re help whether its laundry, making meals, or help getting to school or picking them up from work or financial help…regardless of their ages children will always need their mom or dads help…does this sound familiar? This is the sandwich and you’re in the middle. But you’re not alone….it’s a big sandwich.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, with discussions on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:08.2 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top Rated Local. |
| 0:20.2 | Hello and welcome to all home care matters. |
| 0:22.6 | If this is your first time visiting us here at the show, thank you for taking time out to be with us today. |
| 0:28.6 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is, and that's why we try and make each episode here at all home care matters something that hopefully matter to you. |
| 0:39.4 | On today's show, we're going to talk about the sandwich generation. |
| 0:43.2 | And if you haven't heard about it before, yes, it is a real thing and you may be a part of it and not even realize it. |
| 0:50.4 | Are you a part of the sandwich generation? |
| 0:52.5 | And no, we're not talking about a generation of people that like to eat sandwiches. It's a newer growing group of individuals that are facing sometimes insurmountable challenges. This group is tasked with not only raising their own children, but also providing care for their elderly parents at the same time. |
| 1:11.6 | Maybe you currently have children living at home. |
| 1:13.6 | They could be older or younger and you're working full time. |
| 1:16.6 | But maybe your mother or father or even both are starting to have some more and more health issues |
| 1:22.6 | and needing your help just a little bit more and more each day. |
| 1:26.6 | And your children still need your help, whether it's with laundry, making meals, |
| 1:31.9 | help getting to and from school or picking them up from work or financial assistance. |
| 1:37.1 | Regardless of children's ages, no matter how old they are, they will always need their mom or dad's help. |
| 1:44.2 | Does this sound familiar to any of you? |
| 1:46.3 | This is the sandwich generation, and you are in the middle of the sandwich. |
| 1:52.0 | But you're not alone. |
| 1:53.4 | It's a big sandwich. |
| 1:55.0 | And as these statistics show, according to the Pew Center for Research, |
| 1:59.6 | nearly 47% of adults in their 40s and 50s have a parent aged 65 or older and are either raising a young child or financially supporting a grown child. |
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