Previously submitted to: Interactive Journal of Medical Research (no longer under consideration since Oct 29, 2025)
Date Submitted: Oct 15, 2024
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Improving Care Dynamics for Older Adults by Managing Relationships with Foreign Live-In Caregivers: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT
Background:
Care work is emerging as a crucial component of older adults’ daily lives, and in high income countries it is being increasingly undertaken by foreign/migrant workers.
Objective:
Understanding the carer–cared for relationship, including the influences of the mode, degree, and social environment, could provide insights into the cultivation and strengthening of the physical and spiritual wellbeing of older adults.
Methods:
This systematic review of the research on live-in migrant care workers explored the recommended practices for care work in a globalised market. Nine of 2,903 articles extracted from five databases met the inclusion criteria and were scanned and analysed using data charting and thematic analysis.
Results:
The findings showed that foreign care workers contribute to the realisation of person-centred home care and reduce older adults’ loneliness. The care recipients and their families establish reciprocal care and support practices with the foreign care workers and complement each other’s role and responsibilities in a relationship that is blurrily situated between monetary employment and emotional companionship.
Conclusions:
This study finds that hiring live-in foreign care workers reorganises the social dynamics of the caregiving family and the quality of care is affected by the participants’ adaptation and negotiation. We suggest that future studies should consider adopting a qualitative approach using random sampling to explore the role of family caregivers and the mechanisms that drive mutuality in care, despite the challenge of finding suitable study participants. Clinical Trial: NA
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