after reading "I stand here ironing"

After reading the story i realized that they never mentioned the name of the mom. She is the narrator. Emily is her 19 year old daughter. For some reason they want to send her to a convalescent home. I didnt know what a convalescent home was until i looked it up. It is a nursing home. It doesnt say who tells the mother to send her to the nursing home, but it was someone at the clinic. After reading on i think emily has a mental illness. The way she talked to her mother made me realize that. Emily is 19-years old and talks like she is 5.