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Meet the 'Sandwich Generation' — the growing sector of women caring for their children and their parents

Life is an exhausting juggle for Brisbane's Tasha Macknish — physically, mentally and emotionally.

Not only is the 51-year-old a human resources manager with a major IT company, she's been a single mum for decades, raising her two boys solo.

Now she manages the financial, physical and mental wellbeing of her much-loved mother, Carole Jones, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia five years ago.

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