Who Cares for the Elderly?: Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters

Although caregiving is predominantly women's work, care for the elderly is largely absent from the feminist agenda in this country. This title presents a report that describes the experience of caregiving from the perspective of adult daughters. It traces the history of family caregiving in the US since 1800.

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About the author

Emily K. Abel is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published several books and is co-editor (with Margaret K. Nelson) of Circles of Care: Work and Identity in Women's Lives.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Abel, Emily K. Abel
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1991
• EAN: 9780877228141
• ISBN: 978-0-87722-814-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Women in the Political Economy; Women in the Political Economy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education