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Brave new world

June
16

First, I apologize for my abrupt disappearance.

I dashed out of the office last week to help out with a family emergency, and I’ve returned with more sandwich-generation stories than this blog can handle.

For those of you who’ve helped take care of a parent, I’m filled with admiration. Until now, I never realized how emotionally difficult the journey can be.

In the coming week, I’ll be telling you my story and hoping you’ll share yours.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 2:56 pm by Linda Lombroso.
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3 Responses to “Brave new world”

  1. Phil Van de Carr June 17th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    I enjoyed reading your blog. We are indeed the used up and pooped out generation.
    I am a retired geriatrician and have spent many hours with older patients and their families. My wife and I still provide significant emotional and financial support to my mother-in-law.
    You may find our website interesting.
    Good luck to you and may your family emergencies be few.

  2. Linda Lombroso June 18th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Phil—Thanks so much for writing. How perfectly you phrased it: the used up and pooped out generation!
    I’d like readers to be able to access your Web site. Can you please write back and let readers know how to get on there?
    Thanks!

  3. Carol D. O'Dell, author of MOTHERING MOTHER June 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Hi There—I’m a boomer and “sand-gener.” I found myself in the midst of raising three teenage daughters when my mom, who already had Parkinson’s, started showing signs of dementia which would later be diagnosed as Alzheimer’s.

    Eventually, I quit my job to be my mom’s full-time caregiver and moved her in with us. It was a wild, chaotic, stressful beyond belief time in my life—but it was also exactly where I was supposed to be.

    My heart goes out to all those who find themselves with too much on their plate and wondering if they heart, sanity, and stamina will hold up. You are not alone.

    ~Carol D. O’Dell
    Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir
    available on Amazon
    www.mothering-mother.com

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We've been called "the sandwich generation" and with good reason. Most of today's baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are dealing with aging parents and college-age kids -- or starting again as empty nesters, adapting to a new life without children at home.


In the Middle will address a variety of topics, including caring for aging parents (medical, ethical, emotional and financial issues) and caring for parents long-distance (what do we do when parents live out of state, or are citizens of another country and we can't bring them to the U.S. for medical care?).


It will also cover the way we deal with the financial and emotional demands of our teenage and young-adult children. Middle age also presents its own "crises": How do we handle that first mailing from AARP? Preventive health screenings (like colonoscopies and bone-density tests)? What are the dating options for those who find themselves single in middle age?


In the Middle will explore all these topics and more, as we share resources and learn from each other's experiences.


About the author
John Delcos Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, but left to pursue a master's degree in elementary education. Shortly afterward, she returned to magazines as an editor at US magazine, but again left the field, this time for the birth of her first child. Linda and her family moved from Manhattan to New Rochelle in 1988. After spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother, she joined The Journal News as a police reporter in 1997. She's been a Life & Style writer since 2000. This is the only year her three children are teenagers at the same time, which means she undergoes a daily critique of hair, makeup and wardrobe. Her parents still live in Port Washington Ń and they like everything she wears.

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