ASEAN Migrants: A Boon for Taiwan's Aging Populace

Abstract: Taiwan is home to a rapidly growing aging population as life expectancy rates increase and birth rates go down in this island. The government of Taiwan opted to bring in migrant workers to care for the elderly following a shortage in adequate domestic manpower who were willing to take on the positions of caregivers for the elderly. In time, eldercare in Taiwan switched hands: from the actual families of the elderly to migrant workers coming in from across the Southeast Asian region. Questions have arisen in light of this development. Is the government policy that allows for Southeast Asian migrants to care for the elderly in Taiwan a good one, or a bad one? Who benefits most from this deal: the elderly, their families or the migrant care workers? Is providing care for the elderly in their own homes by just one caregiver the only option? And can such a policy help both ends: the elderly person who requires safer care, and the migrant care worker whose labor rights require full prote

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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of ASEAN Studies ; 1 (2013) 2 ; 177-189

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2013
Creator
Huang, Hong-Ming
Soong, Jenn-Jaw

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-440444
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Huang, Hong-Ming
  • Soong, Jenn-Jaw

Time of origin

  • 2013

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