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Radio 4,14 Apr 2015,45 mins

Call You and Yours: Are you 'sandwiched' between caring for your parents and children?

You and Yours

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They've been dubbed the Sandwich Generation - those who care for ageing parents while still looking after their own children at home. Reports suggest one in five middle-aged people are part of it and it's starting to define a new way of living. It's just been announced that Allison Pearson's hugely popular newspaper column, Sandwich Woman, is to become a novel. On tomorrow's Call You and Yours, we'll be asking: How you cope with the sandwich of caring for both your elderly parents and younger children? We want to hear your stories of being in a so-called care "sandwich". How do you cope? What are the pressure points? What do you do and who do you turn to when it all goes wrong? Email us on youandyours@bbc.co.uk and join Winifred Robinson tomorrow at quarter past twelve. For advice related to caring, please contact Carers UK Carers UK helpline: 0808 808 7777 advice@carersuk.org.

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