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sandwich generation: a standalone construct

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Family studies

middle-aged adults caught between caring for their aging parents and supporting their own children.

In family studies, sandwich generation refers to middle-aged adults caught between caring for their aging parents and supporting their own children. This meaning comes from Miller (1981) in Social Work.[1]

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References

Miller, D. A. (1981). The ‘sandwich’ generation: adult children of the aging. Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/26.5.419

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