The Sandwich Generation, those caught between their aging parents and young children, includes some 20 million Americans. In this emotionally charged account of family caregiving, filmmaker Julie Winokur and her husband, photojournalist Ed Kashi, expose their personal lives with unflinching candor. Winokur and Kashi uprooted their two children and their business in order to move 3000 miles cross-country to care for Winokur’s father, Herbie. At 83, Herbie suffers from dementia and can no longer live alone. Winokur and Kashi are faced with difficult choices and overwhelming responsibility as they charge head on through their Sandwich years. It is a story of love, family dynamics and the immeasurable sacrifice of those who are caught in the middle.
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Im 94. Someone tell me how to turn my computer off….Im waiting….
whaddya think of this video? It made me tear up!
This is so touching. I am sharing this with my online college students as part of their Human Resource chapter, if you don’t mind.
Although, we know this time in our lives will eventually come…we don’t realize how difficult it will be. Thank you for opening our eyes to this very real issue.
Julie,
I stumbled on this quite by accident, and I am so glad I did. This looks like a heart wrenching story, and I would love to see all of it.
I’ll make sure and promo it next week.