Who's more important? The kids? Or the grandparents?

That's the impossible question for almost 1 in 4 Canadians stuck in the middle as the "Sandwich Generation," having to care for young children and older parents who often have health issues.

It can be stressful in normal times, as many family caregivers are being asked to increasingly more strenuous medical tasks, and these are not normal times. With older people more likely to be at higher risk to COVID-19, and some not taking it as seriously as they should, many people — particularly women — are feeling like they have to parent their parents, while keeping an eye on kids who are housebound for the foreseeable future.

To talk about these issues, we reached Dr. Nathan Stall, a physician who specializes in internal medicine and geriatrics at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto, and is a research fellow at Women's College Research Institute and the University of Toronto.

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