November 14, 201300:09:01

Christina McGarrigle; Sandwich Generation

The Sandwich generation is a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.

Around 141,400 middle-aged women are caught between two layers of family, providing practical and financial support.

Many are left with little time to themselves – and it is coming at a price by impacting on their physical and mental health, according to the latest report of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) led by Trinity College.

Christina McGarrigile  speaks to Rojo about this recent report

Available until Thursday November 28th, 2013 at 5:05pm

No transcript available.