Canada daycare looks after elderly parents while children work

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

CALGARY (AFP) — Torn between work, child-rearing duties and caring for elderly parents, Canadians can now turn to a novel nursery service for help: a daycare for gramps and granny.

"It is really meant to support what we call the sandwich generation. Families right now are typically (comprised of) Baby Boomers who have children and elderly parents, and are constantly trying to support these two groups," said Victoria Sopik, president of Kids and Company.

The firm, which operates a dozen nurseries for children in this booming western Canadian metropolis, opened its first facility for the elderly in January.

Although it has not been entirely successful, the company is now considering expanding into Toronto and Montreal in the east.

So far, Kids and...