As parents know, back-to-school season can be stressful, even as a lot of parents are happy to send their children back to the classroom. There are many details to keep track of, supplies to buy and schedules to coordinate.

Now add an additional level of stress: When one is a caregiver for one’s elderly parent, it can make a caregiver feel caught in the middle. That phenomenon has been termed “the sandwich generation.”

Since I never had children, I haven’t experienced that. However, I was caring for my mother with dementia when my husband was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. That was enough.

When one is caring for both a parent and children, sometimes it’s not even done under the same roof. Sometimes it’s trying to manage care from another town or even another state.

Nat

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