2023年第37讲总第788讲
题目：Migration of older persons seeking care in Thailand（泰国老年迁移人口的护理寻求）
地点：社会学院516
时间：2023年10月24日13:30-16:00
主讲人：Ruttiya Bhula-or，Associate Professor and Associate Dean at College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University. She has been actively working in the area of labour market analysis, migration, and policy linkages. For many years, she joined the ILO and worked as a national coordinator for the Tripartite Action to Protect Migrants Workers from Labour Exploitation and a regional programme officer for Asia and the Pacific on skills. She is also an international consultant for many Asian countries on vulnerable people and critical issues, including gender equality as a Gender Expert for UNIDO in Myanmar and Thailand, and promoting opportunities of SMEs for an OECD's project in Thailand, and Employers' Servey for WorldBank.
内容简介：Dominant cultural views and norms in Asia indicate that elder care should be met within the family. However, little is known about the migratory patterns of older adults seeking care in non-institutional settings. This study investigates older adults' migration patterns and factors that affect their decisions to seek care in home-based facilities. The authors employed an explanatory-sequential approach, using two data sets: (1) Thai National Migration Surveys in Thailand for 2016, 2017, and 2018, and (2) in-depth interviews with 20 older adults who migrated for care. Their findings indicate that elderly migration for care in home-based settings is a strategy used by households to meet the care needs of older individuals. Age group, marital status, education, gender, health, family structure, family attachments, and the capacity of destination caregivers to provide care were significant factors influencing the likelihood of moving for care. The findings support the new economics of labor migration paradigm in minimizing the risk of households. Additionally, they demonstrate that an ecological framework can be expanded beyond their geographical boundaries through familial connections and the concept of aging in place.
