The week I placed my 82-year-old mother in an assisted-living retirement home was the same week my five-year-old son started kindergarten. The decision to move Mom out of her home was made after months of agonizing discussions with my brothers and sister. Reluctant to take any of Mom’s independence away from her, we spent hours and hours researching the various options.
As time went on, it became increasingly apparent that she wasn’t able to properly and safely care for herself the way she had done for decades. We were in agreement that the woman who had raised us and easily told us what to do, couldn’t live alone any longer. But what was the best solution? We discussed everything from Mom moving in with one of us (a choice she would never go for) to having someone live with her to moving her to a residential care facility.
Increasingly adult children are faced with this same situation. Sandwiched between generations, couples in their 30s and 40s, and even 50s still in the throws of raising their families, are having to make decisions for aging parents. In fact, nearly one in four households in the U.S. are caring for an older parent or relative. We are descriptively called “The Sandwich Generation” – feeling pushed from two sides – caring for our own children and finding ourselves a parent to Mom and Dad.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2021 من The Best of Times.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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