2018 Discussion Series - August Presentation - The Sandwich Generation

Topic: The Sandwich Generation

Presenter: Carol Abaya - M.A. Journalist, Author

Carol Abaya, M.A., is nationally recognized as an expert on the sandwich generation, aging and elder/parent care issues. As a journalist, she has written about aging issues for more than 25 years. Her magazine, The Sandwich Generation^®, was the first to talk about the challenges of elder/parent care. Her nationally syndicated weekly columns reached as many as 1,000,000 readers.

Ms. Abaya has been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's Retirement Report, and New Choices magazine. She has appeared on The Phil Donahue Show, NBC Nightly News, Ernie Anastas' Talk Show, CNN and FNN. Ms. Abaya regularly appears on radio programs across the country, discussing a wide range of topics about finances, emotional issues, and aging challenges.

She has been a featured speaker for such important organizations as the American Society on Aging, the Assisted Living Federation of America, NJ Gerontological Society, NJ Bar Association's Elder Law Committee, and the New Jersey Society on Aging, to name a few.
 
Carol has been honored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau, New Choices Magazine, the New Jersey State Legislature and the Monmouth County Council on the Status of Women for her work with aging issues. She served on an AARP panel of experts, when AARP released a critical multi-cultural study on baby boomers and elder care.
 
Ms. Abaya currently serves as a member of the Monmouth County Office on Aging Advisory Council.

Discussion Points:

• Characteristics of the sandwich generation
• Understanding the psyche of the elderly
• How to make the elderly retain living independence
• How to protect the elder’s assets – what NOT to do
• How to use family and local resources