Documentary Explores Complex Roles Of Aging Parent, Disabled Adult Child

KERA | By Lyndsay Knecht

Published November 23, 2015 at 5:23 PM CST

4.6 million Americans live with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and 75 percent of them live at home. 'Mimi and Dona' is an intimate look at the hardest decision a caregiver can make.

Mimi is 92, but it's her 64-year-old daughter who must leave their suburban Dallas home for an assisted living facility. Sophie Sartain's documentary "Mimi and Dona" airs on KERA TV at 10:30 p.m.

Sartain handles the fragile bond between mother and daughter with the tenderness of a family member - she is related to the pair. Find out more via PBS' Independent Lens.