Singapore’s Sandwich Generation are discovering the drawback to being the world’s longest-living people, spending hard-earned retirements caring not only for children and grandchildren, but for parents, too. Illustration: SCMP
In ageing Singapore, the Sandwich Generation is feeling the squeeze
- Singapore tops the world in life expectancy, but for some of its citizens long lives come with a sting in their tail
- Growing numbers of people in their 60s and 70s are spending their twilight years caring not only for their children – but for their parents, too
Singapore’s Sandwich Generation are discovering the drawback to being the world’s longest-living people, spending hard-earned retirements caring not only for children and grandchildren, but for parents, too. Illustration: SCMP