Current Directions of Foreign Care Workers in Taiwan : Implications for Long-Term Care Policy
| Autor: | MIYAMOTO, Yoshinobu |
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| Jazyk: | japonština |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | 同志社女子大学生活科学 = DWCLA human life and science. :18-26 |
| ISSN: | 1345-1391 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this article is to present detailed information about the recent trends and current working condition of home-caregivers from Southeast Asia who work in Taiwan, and discuss Taiwanese government policy regarding them at this turning point.The elderly population in Taiwan is estimated to reach 38.2％ in 2055, surpassing that of Japan. Currently, there are about 250,000 migrant long-term care workers, with 92.8％ of them being home-caregivers. Almost all of them are beginner level care workers. With the enforcement of the Long-Term Care Service Law in 2017, the working environment of home-caregivers has started to undergone significant change. The law aims to expand community-based home care services, and envisions the institutionalization of the Long-term Care Insurance Law in the future.Based on the field survey, the study shows three findings :（1）The demand for beginner level foreign home-caregivers is decreasing through the tightening and unifying of caregiver qualifications ; （2）The demand for the foreign outreach care workers with midrange skills is expanding as a result of government policy ;（3）To solve the institutional challenges that foreign care workers are facing, the government has changed its policy to secure foreign personnel with midrange skills. 原著論文 |
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