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>> shots fired! by the way, bigger latte. >> i just want to add to the changes necessary, there is a growing momentum. grassroots moment it up im of the sandwich generation. i have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter and aging parents. there are so many of us in the sandwich generation. >> explain that term. >> well, it means youre literally thinking about the care for your kids and the care for your aging relatives. for me, its a real issue. its not just for me. its for million of us of us out there. i t...

In the care workforce today. i mean, lets be honest, care workers have been largely invisible in our economy. we dont talk about it. but this is the work that makes all other work possible. all other work possible. these are the brokworkers who a taking care of our children. our aging relatives, our disabled members of our population here. yet it is disgraceful that they provide care, right? they provide care to our loved ones that they dont make enough money to care for themselves or their own ...

Suicide, youre simply pointing out youre hearing this from your middle-aged patients? >> absolutely. when you listen deeply to people, and get past whatever theyre saying and saying, whats really going on, its amazing after three questions people will start to talk to you about what theyre afraid of and what theyre ashamed of. what im hearing from mainly white middle-class baby boomers is that, who feel burdened by their parents and taking care of them when theyre elderly and taking care of them...

Youre hearing this from your middle-aged patients. >> absolute. when you listen deeply to people and get past what theyre saying, whats really going on, its amazing after three questions people will start to talk to you about what theyre afraid of and what theyre ashamed of, and what im hearing from white middle-class baby boomer whose feel burdened by their parents and taking care of them when theyre elderly and taking care of them when theyre dying, what im hearing from many of them i ee e goi...

Of what they do and theyre more patient with their aging relatives. >> doctor, you talked about it on your blog. ill read the comment, i have it here, it says, im not sure who its from. "if i become old and feeble i will kill myself. i will not be a burden on someone else." this comes down to, medical science, keeping people alive longer than ever before, comes down to finances, not wanting to be a drain on finances and emotional as well and being a burden to the family in general. >> absolutely...