"The Sandwich Generation"

The Sandwich Generation

 

 

 

What is "The Sandwich Generation?"  It is a group of individuals who are not only taking care of their children, but they are taking care of their parents as well.  This is a "must see" video.  Not that they all aren't, but I found this one today on the internet and you should take the time to watch the story of Ed Kashi & Julie Winokur.

 
Welcome to Parent Check

Active ImageParent Check, Inc. was established to assist adult children with the caring of their parents in their golden and retirement years.   Our purpose is to assist with the communication between the children and the parents with regard to the parents' in-home needs, feelings of abandonment, loneliness due to aging and loss of friends, parents' mobility and inability to drive, etc.

Thousands of elderly persons are sitting home alone waiting for someone to stop by to say hello.  They are waiting for someone to put a smile on their face.  They are waiting to have a reason to get up in the morning. 

Are you a child or children of an aging parent that you are now responsible to take care of?  Or, does your parent or parents live alone and you have to visit on a more regular continuous basis to make sure they are okay?  Does you parent or parents reside with you?  Are you plannng on having your parent or parents reside with you?  Does your parent or parents reside in a skilled nursing facility?

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