Surviving life as the sandwich generation

Her heart was palpitating, her palms were sweating, and Huneasiness settled over her as she sat in the driver's seat of her car she had left the clinic, where the doctor had diagnosed her with a very high blood pressure of 170/90. After several minutes of consultation, the female doctor concluded that her elevated reading was caused by stress. Several factors contributed to her condition, including her age, full-time career, responsibilities of taking care of her family, and caring for her aging parents. This is the reality faced by the sandwich generation, a group whose numbers are steadily growing worldwide. According to the Social Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Malaya in 2024, the sandwich generation refers to adults who are fully responsible for caring for their aging parents while simultancously raising their own children.