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When sandwich generation pressure erases the self

I'm 55 and my parents are declining and my teenagers are struggling and I feel like I'm being pulled apart by everyone's needs and have completely disappeared.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing caregiving demands can obliterate personal identity and agency.

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“Where Are You with Aging and longevity — the science and the practice?”

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