1st Edition
The Sandwich Generation Adult Children Caring for Aging Parents
First published in 1998. The purpose of this book is to consider all aspects of having to care for elderly parents, while taking care of children still at home. Most of us have a general idea of how to raise children in the home, but just how do you care for an elderly parent? The focus is on the family, and the responsibilities that are based on scripture, society, and family upbringing. The thrust of this book is to ferret out the real issues of being a parent to both your children and your parent(s).
INTRODUCTION, THE SANDWICH GENERATION: A CONTEMPORARY PROBLEM, A Brief History of Parent Care, Family Life Cycle, Financial Woes, Medical Insurance, Physical Fitness, WILLING AND ABLE: WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHOM? Ethnic and Minority Cultures, Legislative Pressure, The Caregiver: Always on Call, Sandwiched Sensitivity: A Sense of Humor Helps, HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER: AN ETHICAL PARADOX, Honor and Dishonor: The Issue of Abuse, Elder Abuse, The Dysfunctional Family: A Crisis in Family Cohesiveness, Feelings of Guilt: A Shared Complaint, MULTIPLE GENERATIONS: MULTIPLE SANDWICHING, Medical Milestones, Alzheimer’s Disease: Who is this Person? The Right to Die (Euthanasia), Single Parent Families, The Bottom Line: The Family Matters, THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH: A VIABLE MINISTRY? The Church Must Fill the Gap, Teach the Church to Honor the Elderly, Concerns of the Aging, One Church’s Example: Value Statements, EDUCATION OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION: A BLUEPRINT, A Twelve-Week Course, Life Stories: All in the Family, Just In Case,Does Caring Ever Stop? CONCLUSION AND ANALYSIS
Biography
Charles R. Roots
