AvrilGaspard555
Long-term Care and the Sandwich Generation
Long term care is the 800 pound gorilla in the living room. I hear about it in the line at the supermarket, in the elevator, at the department store, at church as well as on videos. Everyone my age is facing it, and it isn't ours we are facing, today.
I'm of the age group called the boomer or sandwich generation. Sandwich meaning we've responsibilities for multiple members of the family. However, we are not the first one to be faced with this phenomenon, when you are boomers, we are probably the first to attach a reputation for this huge predicament.
Boomers have altered the paradigms that we address dilemmas in lots of arenas and i believe we will rewrite our understanding about this one.
Here are some from the problems.
Our wonderful healthcare system, good food and several modern conveniences have contributed to an existence expectancy that is longer than ever. Therefore during the last of our healthy and productive years, whenever we should be saving that last bit of money we will need in the future, or paying down our mortgages, or recuperating from losses within the stock market, traveling or enjoying our grandchildren, many of us have parents who're still living, and though less strong because they were in the past, are still healthy. Simultaneously we have adult children who are building their own futures and families and need a little help now and then.
While reflecting upon the previous generations and how they took care of each other, I came to the realization our ancestors, in addition to living closer together, had businesses of their own, while most people today have careers that take us to an office, factory, hospital or school building. Our grandparents were active participants in the free enterprise system owning farms, stores, ranches, as well as other type of business. The main reason so many of us are experiencing trouble, is the fact that we do not own our very own businesses. Very few jobs offer flexibility of your time and put to permit involvement in multigenerational obligations and privileges.
That is why I started searching for a career that would permit me to work as much as my Type A personality requires and doing this round the needs of the multigenerational family.
What provided that opportunity to me?
It had been the internet and having an online business. Having an internet business gives flexibility of both some time and space to become involved in the lives of the 92-year-old or perhaps a 6-year-old and each age in-between.
Building your own business in internet marketing will grant you to be where you need to be when you really need to become there along with having the ability to support yourself while doing so. Whatever product you are selling, working on-line opens many avenues of flexibility to you.
