Research Catalog

Title

The role of migrant care workers in ageing societies : report on research findings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States / Sarah Spencer [and others].

Publication

Geneve : IOM, International Organization for Migration, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Spencer, Sarah.

Description

79 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "The ageing of the population presents serious challenges to developed Western nations, particularly those managing the retirement and care of a growing number of older persons. The ageing population will generate an increasing demand for caregivers, a demand made challenging because of the declining availability of nativeborn caregivers compounded by various factors including declining family care of older people, increasing life expectancy of infirm elderly and the increasing demand for social caregivers, often in home settings. Health care institutions and long-term care facilities have been turning to the foreign born to address shortages of workers, reflecting a parallel trend in the migration of health care workers worldwide. Indeed, migrants already play a significant role in the care of older persons
• This report presents the comparative results of a research project on the role of migrants in the workforce of caregivers for the elderly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. The purpose of the study is to examine 1) the contextual factors influencing current and future demand for care workers in an ageing society, particularly migrant care workers; 2) the experiences of migrant workers, of their employers, and of older people in institutional care (residential and nursing care homes) and in homebased care; 3) the implications of the employment of migrant workers in the care of older people for the working conditions of the migrants concerned and for the quality of care; and 4) the implications of these findings for the future care of older people and for migration policy and practice."--Pub. desc

Series Statement

IOM migration research series, 1607-338X ; no. 41

Uniform Title

IOM migration research series ; 41.

Alternative Title

Role of migrant care workers in aging societies

Subject

• Universidad Sergio Arboleda
• Foreign workers > Great Britain
• Foreign workers > Ireland
• Foreign workers > Canada
• Foreign workers > United States
• Older people > Care > Ireland
• Older people > Care > Great Britain
• Older people > Care > Canada
• Older people > Care > United States
• Home care services
• Long-term care of the sick
• Medical personnel and patient
• Migrant labor
• Caregivers > trends
• Health Workforce
• Home Nursing
• Long-Term Care
• Professional-Patient Relations
• Transients and Migrants
• migrant workers
• Migrant labor
• Medical personnel and patient
• Long-term care of the sick
• Home care services
• Foreign workers
• Older people > Care
• Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
• Altenpflege
• Pflege
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• Großbritannien
• Irland
• Kanada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Contents

Migration Policies and Patterns -- Workplace Conditions and Relationships -- Relationship between Older Adults and their Migrant Care Workers -- Perspectives of Employers and Workers on Recruitment and Employment -- Appendix 1: Sources of Funding -- Appendix 2: International Advisory Board and Project Team -- Appendix 3: Country Reports

ISBN

• 9789211036688
• 9211036682

OCLC

• ocn746853473
• 746853473
• SCSB-1608462

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library