who do you give you time to care for

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For too many years i have found my self a caregiver. Not by choice or desire but out of necessity (or my control issues or both) Perhaps I do it out of a sense of guilt or the hope that when I reach the end of my days I will have someone to stand by me and champion my quality of life. Some days i am a will participant jumping in to shape mold and improve the ones in my cares life. some days i am repulsed by my role, burned out, filled with indifference. Overwhelmed with my being a business owner, a parent and care giving child. A full fledged member of the sandwich generation..... When my children were small i found holes in the education system but by looking around, reading, staying involved and up to dated i could fill those wholes and the children and I could grow together. we continue to grow together to this day and work at staying close. My daughter and granddaughter are my very best friends. and the joy of my lifes. Then is my mothers, generation my husbands grandmother, my old maid aunts, All with thier on needs and no facility meets them even half way. They may look good but..... For example where my mother is the rooms a nice roomy the workers pleasant safe "good people" but mental and physical stimulations is non existant. Help is very limited and a fall has put me as full time baby sitter..... and very frustrated. If you are member of the sandwich generation who do you care for and to what extent?. Happy new year