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| The international migration of nurses in long-term care | | Author(s) | Donald L Redfoot, Ari N Houser |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 20, no 2, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 259-275 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nurses ; Employment ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Migration ; International. |
| Annotation | This article describes five major factors that are affecting patterns of international migration among nurses who work in long-term care settings. First, demographic drivers: the ageing of the populations in developed countries and the low to negative growth in the working-age population will increase the demand for international workers to provide long-term care services. Second, gender and race: a dual labour market of long-term care workers, increasingly made up of women from ethnically diverse cultures, is becoming internationalised by the employment of migrating nurses from developing countries. Third, credentialing: the process of "credentialing" skilled workers creates barriers to entry for migrating nurses and leads to "decredentialing" where registered nurses work as licensed practical nurses or aides. Fourth, colonial history and geography: the colonial histories of many European countries and the United States have increased migration from former colonies in developing countries to former colonial powers. Fifth, worker recruitment: efforts to limit the recruitment of health care workers from some developing countries have had little effect on migration, in part because much of the recruitment comes through informal channels of family and friends. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091203206 A |
| Classmark | QTE: WJ: KW: LHB: TN: 72 |
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