Club Sandwich

Club Sandwich You've got them. We've got you. The community for those caring for ageing parents, and everything else. Real talk. No platitudes or BS.

Weekly podcast, live events across Australia, people who respond at 2am 'same'. Just expert support that works.

11/10/2026

Every morning, Jack goes for a walk. No phone.
Nicole Rogerson’s son Jack has autism, and years ago his psychologist set up a simple ritual: a tech-free walk, first thing, every day. It’s stuck ever since, and it’s one of the things that keeps him grounded.
Sometimes the most useful advice isn’t complicated. It’s just consistent.

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You’ve got them. We’ve got you.

05/10/2026

Relief. Not fear.
That's what Gina felt when she was told she had vascular dementia. No more tests. No more appointments. No more waiting to find out what's coming.
Her daughter Michelle puts it simply: "I can just be me."
It's completely changed how this family talks about the diagnosis, out loud, without flinching from it.
New episode out now. Link in comments or find us wherever you get your favourite podcasts. 🥪

30/09/2026

This week on Club Sandwich, we're meeting Gina and her family to talk about living with dementia, from everyone's prespective. 🥪 💛
Sarah sits down with Gina's daughters Marie and Michelle, and Vanessa from ECH, to talk about dementia day programmes, and why they matter just as much for the family as for Gina herself.
"It's the real self-care, because you can replenish," says Vanessa. Go play golf, like Gina's husband David does. You're allowed.
Episode out Thursday.

30/09/2026

The dad who taught you everything is the one whose body has quietly kept the receipts.
Stan Grant's dad spent most of his life as a manual labourer. Almost every bone in his body has been broken at some point. Three fingertips are missing. And at mid-80s, he's still driving, still teaching Wiradjuri language to a new generation, still carrying the cultural load of a Lifetime Achievement Award and an Order of Australia medal.
Stan's line has stayed with us all week: "He wears Australia's history on his body, my dad."
It's a good prompt for anyone in the sandwich generation — not just to notice what your own mum or dad's body has been through, but to ask them about it while they're still here to tell you.

Stan's own question, watching his father age, isn't whether he's slowing down. It's whether he's becoming more himself, not less.
Episode 33 with Stan Grant is out now — full conversation on ageing, elders, and the things worth asking while you still can.
You've got them. We've got you. 🥪
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25/09/2026

Stan Grant changed schools 14 times before high school. His mum couldn't give him a settled education, but she gave him something that mattered more: a love of reading, one ten-cent secondhand book at a time.
"She knew I loved reading. It was my education."
What's something a parent gave you that wasn't what you needed, but turned out to be exactly what you needed? 👇
🎧 Full episode: Link in comments
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24/09/2026

Stan Grant on a good problem to have, and a real gap: for many Aboriginal communities, an ageing population is something they're experiencing for the first time, but there's barely any aged care infrastructure built for it yet.
"So where do my parents go for the culturally appropriate care and community they've grown up with?"

A brilliant, deep and philosophical chat on Club Sandwich this week. Don’t miss it. Link in comments 👇
🎧 Full episode: www.clubsandwich.community

23/09/2026

This week on Club Sandwich, we're sitting down with Stan Grant. 🥪
He talks about learning to be a "provider, not a carer" for his ageing parents, the story behind his own nickname, and what it actually means to become an elder.
And yes, we're sharing Stan's playlist too. You're gonna love it.
🎧 Episode out this Thursday, full episode at www.clubsandwich.community

20/09/2026

"Ask everyone to help. Don't try and take it on as one person."
Maggie B**r's advice for the sandwich generation as we juggle all the layers of life including kids, kidults, work and ageing parents all at once.

Maggie’s view is refreshingly simple: ask everyone around you. Kids, grandkids, cousins, neighbours. Most people want to be needed. The hardest part usually isn't that people say no, it's that we don't ask at all.

Brought to you by Australian Unity Home Health and Care, proactive local care that helps take some of this off your plate. Visit australianunity.com.au/clubsandwich
Who's in your circle that you could actually ask for help this week? 👇
🎧 Full episode: Link in comments
www.clubsandwich.community

19/09/2026

Our guest on Club Sandwich this week is a name most of us grew up loving, Maggie B**r, for her cookbooks, her pantry, years of The Cook and the Chef on our screens. 💛🥪👏🏻
What's less known: for the last twelve years, she's poured that same warmth into training aged care kitchens across Australia through her Foundation. 135 homes and counting.
Maggie’s whole philosophy comes down to one line: a cook making real food can do more for a resident's wellbeing than almost anyone else in the building. Not a health model. A wellbeing model.
And she's clear on what actually separates the homes that get this right: leadership. When it's there, everyone underneath feels it, staff and residents both.
Club Sandwich is our podcast (and community) for the sandwich generation, anyone juggling ageing parents and their own kids at the same time.
Full conversation with the wonderful Maggie B**r on Club Sandwich, out now. a link in comments, and you can find us wherever you get your fav podcasts.
More on Maggie’s wonderful work training aged care kitchens through the Maggie B**r Foundation.

17/09/2026

"Not every older Australian believes they're worth a good meal."
This week we spoke with the wonderful Maggie B**r on why so many older people, women especially, quietly settle for tea and toast or a freezer dumpling instead of a proper meal. Her point isn't just about nutrition (though older palates do need more salt and sugar to taste properly), it's that every meal should be a celebration, full of flavour and full of goodness, in equal parts.
Has your parent stopped bothering to cook properly for themselves? What changed it, if anything? 👇
🎧 Full episode: www.clubsandwich.community
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