Middle-aged adults who are simultaneously responsible for caring for their elder parents and their younger children are sometimes referred to as the generation.

THE SANDWICH GENERATION

Explanation:

The sandwich generation is a generation of people who provide support for their aging parents while taking care of their own children.

Social worker Dorothy Miller coined the term “sandwich generation” in 1981, and was initially speaking of younger women in their 30s-40s who were providing support for both their children and parents.

The sandwich generation scenarios are grouped into:

Traditional: Those sandwiched between aging parents who need support and/or take care of their own children.

Club Sandwich: comprises of the persons aged 50s-60s sandwiched between aging parents, adult children and grandchildren, or persons in their 30s-40s, with young children, aging parents and grandparents.

Open Faced: those that partake in elder support.

Sandwich Generation Demographic

Sandwich generation members are majorly middle-aged ranging between the ages of 40-59. With19% being not up to age 40, and 10% around age 60 and older. Men and mostly women are both members, Married adults with 36% of the married are members of this group and 13% of the unmarried are members too.

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