Foreign domestic workers and home-based care for elders in Singapore

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-88

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Care work; Home; Migrant domestic workers; Singapore; The elderly

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; WELFARE PROVISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SINGAPORE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77950770364     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420903385635     Document Type: Article

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