Rebecca Vorwerk has written a fine article on the pressures facing people in their late 40's and early 50's.
The changes my parents have experienced are typical of a growing slice of the American population known as the "Sandwich Generation," wedged between the demands of their children and their aging parents. The term has been bandied about in the social sciences and the media for more than a decade. According to one study from the National Alliance for Caregiving, there are more than 9 million Americans in the Sandwich Generation. Most of them are baby boomers, but they can range in age from the 30s to the 60s. All struggle with the challenges of caring for aging parents while helping their own children grow up. Although caring simultaneously for children and parents is not unique to this generation, it is more common for two reasons: Couples are waiting longer to have children and senior adults are living longer.
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