Daughters Who Care

First published in 1988, this title looks at why it is that women come to care, and considers the legacy of their caring experiences. Because caring is usually a labour of love, the feelings that surround it are complicated and fraught with ambivalence. It explores the meaning of caring from the carer's point of view.

Jane Lewis and Barbara Meredith

Acknowledgements. 1. Caring and Carers: The Issues 2. Why Care? 3. The Caring Task 4. The Mother/Daughter Relationship 5. Carers' Extra-Caring Lives 6. External Sources of Help 7. Responses to Caring 8. The Legacy of Caring 9. Conclusions. References. Resource Bibliography. Appendix A: Interview Schedule. Appendix B: Caring Vocabulary. Appendix C: Benefits for Carers. Appendix D: Institutional Accommodation for Elderly People. I ndex.