Interviews with Black and Latina daughters who were caregivers for their mothers in a nursing home revealed the daughters' tasks, motivations, and emotional responses to caregiving. These tasks, motivations, and emotional responses are discussed from the perspective of racial-ethnic feminist theories and prior research on caregiving, gender, and ethnicity.
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