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Times Online Article: A rapidly ageing nation: UK population sees the dawn of the 'sandwich generation'
10 December 2008
A rapidly ageing nation: UK population sees the dawn of the 'sandwich generation'
They are the ‘sandwich generation' - middle-aged men and women who are caring for their children and maybe grandchildren as well as their elderly parents.
Their numbers are likely to grow after official figures published yesterday projected a rapidly ageing population, a high proportion of whom will be frail and vulnerable.