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I've Spent 10 Years Caregiving For Aging Family. Here's What I Know.

Halfpoint Images/Moment/Getty Images“Welcome to the sandwich generation,” a friend ruefully announced a few years ago as I described the overwhelming task of juggling young kids, a career and caregiving for aging family members simultaneously. I’d never heard the term before, but I felt a jolt of instant recognition. There was a name for what I was experiencing! I was even more surprised to learn that roughly 23% of American adults identify as part of the sandwich generation.Honestly, I didn’t see this stage of life coming. When my husband and I moved from Europe back home to Seattle in 2017,...