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Social Worker Study Finds Majority Ill-Prepared but Says Help Is Available

Like so many women of her generation, Lerhonda Majied has had to morph into a supermom. After a full day's work, she tends to her kids, but also to her aging mother, who is blind in one eye and suffering from severe diabetes. She admits it's tough. "I'm trying to please everybody without killing myself. But I am killing myself." Majied is not alone. Millions of Americans care for both children and elderly parents, and as the baby boomers age, that number will grow. A new survey shows... Full Story
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