Aging Mothers and Aging Daughters

Life-Long Caring and Intellectual Disability

Bibliographic Data

ID20393444
AuthorsDaniela Stehlik (a Sociology and Psychology, and Director , Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University, Queensland , Rockhampton, QLD, 4702, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume12
Issue1-2
Pages169-187
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Women & Aging (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-2841 • E-ISSN: 1540-7322
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j074v12n01_11
PMID10986857
OpenAlexW2089124631
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

While aging and caring are well-discussed in academic literature, the association among aging, caring and intellectual disability is less well documented. This paper draws on a recently completed Australian study which focuses on such mother/daughter relationships and whose narratives form the framework for an argument for a re-imagining of the concept of care for aged people with intellectual disability. Specifically, using a genealogical approach, the paper describes how powerful discourses at the time of the daughter's birth (1940s and 1950s)--associated with eugenics, institutional care and motherhood--are framing the way in which aging mothers are now contemplating the future care for their adult (and also aging) daughters

Daughter · Developmental psychology · Eugenics · Intellectual disability · Narrative · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · History · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gerontology

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