• Traditional: those sandwiched between aging parents who need care and/or help and their own children.
  
  
• Club Sandwich: those in their 50s or 60s, sandwiched between aging parents, adult children and grandchildren. OR Those in their 30s and 40s, with young children, aging parents and grandparents.
  (Term coined by Carol Abaya)
  
  
• Open Faced: anyone else involved in elder care. (Term coined by Carol Abaya)
  

• PRESENTATIONS FOR FAMILY AND PROFESSIONAL
  GERIATRIC CARE GIVERS

We have developed unique seminars geared to family and professional geriatric care givers, and for corporate managers, supervisors, and top executives.

Audience interactive exercises help bring out key issues.

For caregivers the following areas are addressed:

• The aging process and what it means to the aged on an emotional level
• The caregiver's own emotions
• TIPS for making care giving more effective
• Financial and legal issues

For corporate personnel, the above emotional areas are addressed. A special focus looks at how to maintain productivity and service, and at the same time be sensitive to employee needs.

For more information, call us at 732-536-6215
OR SEE OUR OTHER SITE

• Conversations With Carol^©: Scripts from a unique series of audio tapes on elder care
  and aging issues are now available on our new site: www.TheSandwichGeneration.com.
  
  

#1 -- Being a Sandwich Generationer.

• What is the sandwich generation?
  
• What does this mean to you?
  
• Role reversal and becoming a parent to a parent.
  
  

#2 -- Choices and Self Protection

• Carol shares her own experiences with her parents... and much more
  
• Everyone has the choice -- protect your finances and medical decisions yourself -- or let some stranger make critical life decisions for you.
  
• Learn what NOT to do as well as what to do.
  
  

#3 -- Maintaining Elder Independence

• Role reversal and how it applies to your aging parent
  
• Specific TIPS to help your parent remain healthy, safe and independent
  
  

#4 -- Words of Wisdom

• “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.”
  
• This is only one of many quotes that will help you better understand yourself, life and your new role on the stage of life.
  
  

#5 -- Driving -- When to Stop

• Driving is really a privilege, not a right. But many view it as a right.
  
• Danger signs that point to the need for a change
  
• TIPS on how to discuss this touchy subject with your parent
  
  

#6 -- Caregiver Emotions: That Guilt Factor

• There is a societal attitude that women should be superhuman. This is a diagnosis for becoming sick and neurotic.
  
• Learn about the “guilt” factor: how to deal with it and avoid it.
  
  

#7-- Medicare and HMOs

• Details about Medicare and what it pays for -- and what it doesn’t pay for
• What HMOs pay for -- and what they don’t pay for
• Beware ofs
• Many HMOs are stopping their coverage of Medicare patients
• How to make an informed decision - and be protected
  
  

# 8 -- Pets == Rewards: Happiness and Better Health

• The age old bond between man and animals is strong, and clinical studies strongly support the position that pets help improve one’s health and happiness
  
• Why and how pets contribute to better health are discussed.
  
• What you need to know about choosing a pet for a loved one, regardless
  of age.