Hello, and thank you for your interest in participating in this study on sandwiched caregiving!
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Sandwiched caregiver" is a term used to describe adults who are actively raising children while also caring for their aging parents.
In order to be eligible for this study, you must:
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Be currently caring for at least one child who is under 18 years old and living in the home.
- The child must be neurotypical or have mild (but not moderate or severe) physical or developmental disabilities. Neurotypical describes someone who thinks and processes information in an expected way for their culture and setting.
- Be currently providing care to at least one parent/in-law who resides either within your home, in the same city, or within 100 miles.
- Elder care can include assistance with finances, transportation, medical/doctors’ appointments, grocery shopping, cooking, housekeeping, daily visits or phone calls, or hands-on physical care.
- Identify as a caregiver
- If you were to leave town, would you have to consider the needs of your loved one?
- Live in the United States.
This survey should take around 25 minutes to complete. At the end of this survey, you will be redirected to enter your information into an optional separate survey to be entered into a gift card drawing.