Sandwich Generations: Caregiving, Work, and Wellbeing

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: ASJE013 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC06 Family Research (host committee)

Language: English

With the increasing life expectancy and delayed transition to adulthood, the rise of the sandwich generation with the presence of young children and older parents has been observed across countries. Studies on the sandwich generation have pointed out the needs of caregiving from older and younger generations play a toll on the wellbeing of the sandwich generations. Providing caregiving may inevitably create stress on negotiations of household work with the partners and squeeze their work arrangements. Both scenarios are likely to influence the wellbeing of the sandwich generations. In this session, I hope to explore the types of work and the levels of caregiving of the sandwich generation over time. Moreover, I also invite empirical research on the well-being and health of the sandwich generations in relation to their caregiving responsibilities. Studies from different sociocultural contexts with cross-national comparative perspectives are welcome.
Session Organizer:
Pei-Chun KO, Monash University, Australia
Chair:
Shu HU, Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, Singapore
Oral Presentations
“Leftover” or Choosing to be Single: Dilemmas of "Leftover Women" in Sandwich Generations in China and Their Mental Health Outcomes
Yinan YU, McGill University, Canada
The Relevance of Social Capital for for Care Providers: A Qualitative Study Using the Dyadic Interview to Examine the Role of Informal Relationships in Supporting Italian Caregivers
Donatella BRAMANTI, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy; Marco CARRADORE, Italy
Motherhood in the Empty Nest – a Lack of Social Recognition?
Magdalena HERZBERG-KURASZ, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Understanding the Heterogeneity of Young Caregivers' Lives and Experiences in China
Kefan XUE, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
The Upward Intergenerational Effect of Opioid Epidemic on Children’s Support and Caregiving for Older Parents
Emma ZAI, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany; Zhuoer LIN, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
Care Burden Avoidance Awareness Among the Baby Boomer Generation: A Qualitative Comparison between Japan and the United States
Shizuko KATAGIRI, Kagoshima University, Japan
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