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About a year and a half ago, I wrote about being in the Sandwich Generation. In case you’ve never heard that term, it’s when you are caring for your children and your parents at the same time.
Now, we find ourselves in the middle of this again. Another one of our parents has been sick and in the hospital. It’s still up in the air about what is going to happen when they are finally discharged. Going to a nursing home? Going to their home? Coming to my home?
So I am re-reading my posts on being in the Sandwich Generation. Because even though we’ve been through this before, I need reminders, too!
I need to remind myself that I am doing ok. Even if I feel guilty for not being available to everyone all the time. I need to remind myself that it’s ok not be able to be everything to everybody. I need to remind myself that there is no need to feel guilty when I am doing everything humanly possible. And you don’t have to feel guilty, either!
To read more about my journey through the Sandwich Generation, read these posts.
The Sandwich Generation – Making Decisions
The Sandwich Generation – When Is It Too Much?
If your parent, or other loved one is in the hospital, here are my 5 Tips for Staying in the Hospital with a Loved One.
Here are a few books that you might find helpful.
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I know about this too. We have had a grandparent live with us for the last nine years. What has made home educating and caring for an elderly parent, long term, workable for us is having professional care givers in for some of the more practical tasks. It sometimes feels as though we have been invaded but generally, this makes life manageable and is more acceptable to the elderly parent than living in a care home.