Who Is the Sandwich Generation?
Carol Abaya, M.A., a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, head of the Sandwich Generation website, and recognized expert on this demographic, divides the sandwich generation into three categories with terms she coined to define each particular situation. • Traditional • Club Sandwich • Open Faced Traditional stands for your basic sandwich situation: People who are raising their children and caring for aging parents at the same time. Club Sandwich represents people in their 50s or 60s who are caring for parents, children, and grandchildren. The club situation may also be when people in their 30s or 40s are raising their children, and caring for parents and grandparents. Open faced means anyone else who is involved in caring for elderly individuals. Statistics show that the majority of sandwiched individuals are around age 60. An article published by WNBC indicates that more people than ever are caught caring for multiple generations. The main reasons for this include: • Adults liv
