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Migrant care workers in an ageing society
— [implications for providers] | | Author(s) | Jill Manthorpe |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1785, 3 September 2009 |
| Pages | pp 32-33 |
| Source | www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Employees ; Care support workers ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The UK is heavily reliant on migrants to provide care in residential homes and clients' own homes. What are the implications for providers? The author reviews research by Alessio Cangiano and colleagues from the ESRC Centre on Migration Policy and Society (Compas) at the University of Oxford. Their report, 'Migrant care workers in ageing societies: research findings in the United Kingdom' looks at patterns of demand and supply in social care where historically there have been high vacancy rates. However, employing migrant workers leaves managers with difficulties in handling problems such as discrimination, harassment and integrating workers into local communities. Perceptions of future demand for social care of older people are examined in relation to two scenarios: a reduced need for migrant labour; and continuing problems with recruitment so that there is a higher demand for migrant workers. At a time when local authorities are having to respond to the recession and deal with issues such as social cohesion, this report is timely. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090914202 A |
| Classmark | TJ: WK: QRS: 64A * |
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