----7. Worksheet. Migrant aged-care work
migrant workers, serving as the fictive kin of Taiwanese elders, may claim the superiority of their home culture in terms of family ties and elder care arrangement. They were critical about the outsourcing of geriatric care in Taiwan: “I will not leave my parents to a stranger." (Lan 265) Introduction: Rethinking Care Across Cultures Why does the migrant caregiver say, “I will not leave my parents to a stranger"? Who takes care of the elderly—and how—is not the same everywhere. In this worksheet, we explore the care landscape across East and Southeast Asia, with comparisons to Australia. As you’ll see, questions of care are never just practical—they’re also deeply tied to ideas about family , duty , gender , and money . In this worksheet, you learn about this by analysing care giving in terms of: regional differences in economy and demography, kinship ( gemeinschaft (community) & gesellschaft (society). Essentialism ...