Join us for this conference day 1 event on June 18th as part of the 2021 8th National Sibling Leadership Network Conference!
Register by June 4th
Register on our Conference main page!
5:00pm PT/6:00pm MT/7:00pm CT/8:00pm ET
Where the Journey Leads: A conversation with “Silver Sibs”
Baby Boomers are living longer, are healthier, earning more and working longer than any generation before them. For Baby Boomers who happen to have a sibling with a developmental disability (Silver Sibs), their siblings are also living much longer than in previous generations. For Silver Sibs caring for their disabled sibling, they are a generation potentially facing the unprecedented challenges of caring for their children, their parents and their sibling who has a disability. The confluence of these life events can be as overwhelming as it sounds. How Silver Sibs cope or succeed depends a great deal on how prepared they were for the caregiver role, their personal health, financial circumstances, cultural status, and whether the needed supports are in place (or attainable). And while these factors are weighty in their own right, the relationship a Silver Sib has with their sibling who has a developmental disability matters as well. In my personal experience, success in this role also depends on your ability to laugh out loud! We invite you to join a panel of Silver Siblings as they share how their caregiving journey began, it’s joys, lessons, challenges, and reflect how systems can adjust to better support them. We hope this conversation will also provide information for younger siblings as they consider their lives as “Silver Sibs.”
- Lynne Calloway, Silver Sib