ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
The impact of having foreign domestic workers on informal caregivers of persons with dementia - findings from a multi-method research in Singapore.
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- A narrative review of challenges faced by informal caregivers of people with dementia in the Middle East and North Africa.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Family Members' Experiences of Long-Term Home Care for Older Adults Provided by Live-In Migrant Caregivers: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Caregiving experiences and relationships among migrant care workers, older care recipients, and employer families: a scoping review.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Lived caregiving experience of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) for non-cancer palliative patients in Singapore (a secondary qualitative data analysis).BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Challenges to accessing community dementia care services: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Tube Feeding vs. Hand Feeding in Advanced Dementia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictors of live-in migrant caregiver employment for people with dementia in Taiwan.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2024Article
- Exploring a career pathway for home support workers in Ireland: a systematic scoping review of the international evidence.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Understanding Family Caregivers' Experiences With Live-in Migrant Care Workers in Dementia Care: Challenges and Perspectives From a Qualitative Study in Taiwan.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInformal caregivers of persons with dementia (PWDs) sometimes engage foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to support their caregiving journey. However, there has not been much research to establish if this is really beneficial. The current study aims to investigate whether engaging FDWs specifically for caregiving of PWDs truly moderates caregiver stress and to explore caregivers' experiences of engaging FDWs.
methodsA multi-method study design with a quantitative and qualitative sub-study was adopted. For the quantitative sub-study, 282 informal caregivers of PWDs were recruited. Propensity score matching analysis was used. For the qualitative sub-study, 15 informal caregivers with FDWs were interviewed. Inductive thematic analysis was conducted.
resultsThe quantitative sub-study confirmed that engaging FDWs did moderate the depressive symptoms of informal dementia caregivers (marginal effect = -3.35, p = 0.0497). However, such support did not affect their caregiving burden, self-efficacy, and perceived positive aspects of caregiving. The qualitative sub-study suggested that engaging FDWs is an ambivalent experience, which entails both support and challenges.
conclusionsThe current study confirmed previous research findings, that engaging FDWs moderated depressive symptoms among caregivers of PWDs, and it could be through their physical support such as in daily caregiving activities. Policy-makers may consider providing more subsidies to caregivers caring for PWDs with mobility issues to hire FDWs. They may also consider providing training to FDWs on dementia caregiving skills and improving the intake of such training as this might be helpful for both FDWs and caregivers during this journey.
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