We've been labled the "sandwich generation" - caught between kids and parents and caring for both. My husband and I don't have children together but all four of our parents are still alive and getting older. Their health is obviously not what it used to be and a cause for concern.
So maybe we're an open faced sandwich? Only have worries on one side of us?
No matter, watching parents become frail and dependent is hard no matter how old you are.