Agehood

About Agehood

The Sandwich Generation finally gets the conversation we deserve. Club Sandwich is the community for those caring for ageing parents while juggling work, kids, relationships, and sanity. This is your tribe when family doesn't get it - or just isn't enough. Hosted by veteran broadcaster Sarah Macdonald, Club Sandwich features clinical psychologists instead of life coaches, GPs instead of gratitude journals, and honest conversations about the relief-guilt paradox nobody else will touch. Episodes include: 🔧 This Week's Hack - Actionable strategy you can use today 💌 Listener Letter - Real questions from Clubbers like you 🔥 Hot Mess Moments - Stories that make you feel less alone 🛠️ What We're Using - Resources and tools that actually help Meet the regular Clubbers: Melissa Reader - CEO of Vera aged care platform (vera.guide) and expert on Australia's ageing crisis and system failures. Dr. Jo Lamble - Clinical psychologist specializing in guilt, family dynamics, and the impossible decisions when every option has a cost. Dr. Ginny Mansberg - GP and women's health advocate who tells it straight about what caregiving does to your body. Dr. Stephanie Ward - Geriatrician and consulting expert for ABC's Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds, helping you understand when "old" becomes a crisis—and when it doesn't. Kerry Milligan - Gogglebox Australia star bringing humor, honesty, and hard-won perspective to impossible family situations. No bubble baths. No bullshit. Just expert-led, community-first support for people who don't need another thing to feel bad about not doing. Club Sandwich is more than a podcast - it's a movement. Join our private Facebook community, attend live events across Australia, and access free downloadable resources with every episode. New episodes every Thursday. Visit clubsandwich.community (https://clubsandwich.community/) to join the tribe. Topics covered: Caregiver guilt, sibling conflict, dementia care, financial planning, legal issues, family boundaries, burnout prevention, end-of-life decisions, self-care that actually works, navigating aged care systems, and the emotional toll of caring for ageing parents. Credits Club Sandwich is brought to you by Vera (https://vera.guide/), helping families caring for ageing parents navigate this stage of life — so you don't have to do it alone. Sarah Macdonald - Host + Executive Producer Melissa Reader - Commissioning Editor, Executive Producer + Clubber Rachel Fountain - Executive Producer Audio + video edits by Fountain Media Group (https://www.fountainmediagroup.com.au/) Thanks and kudos to Sean Wayland for our awesome theme music Club Sandwich - hear more from Sean at seanwayland.com (https://www.seanwayland.com/)

Publisher

Vera.guide

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Jun 2025

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

36 of 59 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Making the 'invisible army' seen | Carer's Week with Melissa Reader | Club Sandwich

   Sarah Macdonald interviews Melissa Reader about new research revealing Australia's "invisible army" of sandwich generation carers.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Neurodiversity in the Sandwich | Nicole Rogerson, CEO of Autism Australia | Club Sandwich

   Host Sarah interviews Nicole Rogerson, CEO of Autism Australia, about navigating the sandwich generation's challenges and planning for a disabled child's future.

3. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Dementia Daycare | A gift for everyone in the sandwich generation | Club Sandwich

   Host Sarah visits dementia daycare with Gina, offering honest advice on respite and guilt for the sandwich generation.

Inside a recent episode

Making the 'invisible army' seen | Carer's Week with Melissa Reader | Club Sandwich

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So it's about taking your elderly mum or dad to medical appointments, helping them with cleaning or shopping or medical care, stepping in and doing those extra things that your parents can no longer manage. on their own. Now, a lot of people would just call that help. They wouldn't call it care. So we were really careful with the language we used. But the number that we've come up with measures people that are doing one of those six tasks at least once a week. And of course, a lot of people are doing them a lot more frequently than once a week. But that was our baseline. And they're probably doing more than one task. […]

Who has been a guest on Agehood

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Melissa Reader
• Nicole Rogerson
• Gina
• Stan Grant
• Maggie Beer

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17,930

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

0

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Books guests

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