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Listen up, Sandwiched Boomers. For the first time since the influenza epidemic of 1918, life expectancy is falling for 1 in 5 American women. The downward trend, more evident in rural and lower income areas, seems to be driven by an increase in deaths related to high blood pressure, smoking and weight. More than 30% of the U.S. population is obese and 60% is overweight – which is often asociated with diabetes and heart disease. There is some speculation that stress also plays a part in these new statistics. And … Continue reading
Posted in well-being, your self
Tagged diet, exercise, family stress, heart disease, life expectancy, obesity, Sandwiched Boomers, women's issues
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Americans today are living longer and are developing or dying from more chronic conditions. A greater number of parents now need care at the end of their lives. Many continue to live at home with their children as unpaid caregivers or move in with family, instead of into nursing homes. Male caregivers are already living their own version of the numbers. Nearly half of them have symptoms of depression. Time is a main resource in short supply and that issue takes a heavy emotional toll. How can they take time … Continue reading
Family holiday stress was the subject of our last Steppping Stones newsletter and several readers emailed to let us know how timely it was. With the smell of Thanksgiving turkey still in the air, take a minute to be mindful of how the day was for you. And with the holidays of December right around the corner, think about how you want to celebrate them. What is it that you are full of and what fills you up? Know that the messiness and exhileration of family dynamics can lead to … Continue reading
Posted in parenting kids, sandwich generation, stress, well-being, your self
Tagged connection, family stress, Sandwich Generation, suppoprt, thanksgiving
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