Raising Kids, Caring for Parents

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of raising kids while caring for aging parents, featuring insights from Robyn Wind on sandwich generation caregiving.

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Raising kids while caring for aging parents is more common than ever—and often overwhelming. We talk with Robyn Wind, the GRAND Voices Support Coordinator for the National Center on Grandfamilies at Generations United, about the realities of sandwich generation caregiving and practical ways foster, adoptive, and kinship families can find support. In this episode, we discuss: Can we start with a working definition of the term “sandwich generation”?How have ...

People in this episode

Guest: Robyn Wind

Topics covered

• sandwich generation
• caregiving
• support for families
• foster care
• adoption
• kinship care

Keywords

• sandwich generation
• caregiving
• foster families
• adoptive families
• kinship care
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Center on Grandfamilies, Generations United

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