The Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Report on Research Findings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States
- Document number
- 2633
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- The Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Report on Research Findings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
- LSI library
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society,
- Summary
- The report is a synthesis of research conducted by the Institute for the Study of International Migration (Georgetown University), the Community Health Research Unit (University of Ottawa), the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (National University of Ireland Galway) and the Centre on Migration, Policy & Society (University of Oxford). The combined multi-year project data collected from migrant care workers, care providers, and older adult care users in the four countries highlights the overall lack of prioritization for provision of elderly care in the four countries. The report also shows that the main challenges raised by the demand for migrant labour are related to the larger issues of an underfunded system of care provision, and an often-underpaid sector of employment. Increasing reliance on migrant care workers is a symptom of these challenges with the report concluding that migrants, while making important contributions, are not the solution to these structural deficiencies. This report is accessible here.
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