Human Resource Development, Employment, and International Migration of Nurses and Caregivers in Asia and the Pacific Region

The population in Asia is ageing, resulting in an increased demand for nurses and care workers. Consequently, the capacity of healthcare and long-term care needs to be expanded for treating this population in Asia. As some countries cannot meet this increasing demand domestically, they seek to recruit nurses and care workers from overseas. Against this backdrop, this study explores how both ‘exporting’ and ‘importing’ countries of migrant workers in the health and long-term care sectors can achieve a mutually beneficial situation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. Accordingly, it is important to understand the dynamically changing situations and challenges in terms of training and employment of nurses and care workers in exporting and importing countries. This study focuses on Asia as a major exporting region for nurses and care workers, with Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam representing the ‘exporting’ countries, while Australia, New Zealand, and Japan represent the ‘importing’ countries.

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Human Resource Development, Employment, and International Migration of Nurses and Caregivers in Asia and the Pacific Region

Contents

Title page

Preface

List of Project Members

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Nurses and Care Workers in Destinations

Chapter 1: Emerging Issues in the Implementation of the Kaigoryugaku (Study) Scheme for Foreign Care Workers in Japan: The Case of the Philippines 

Chapter 2: Factors Influencing Migration and Job Satisfaction amongst Malaysian Nurses Working in Other Countries 

Chapter 3: Obtaining a Nursing Job in Australia and New Zealand: A Case Study of Migrant Nurses Trained in India

Nurse and Care Worker from Sending Country Perspectives

Chapter 4: Human Resource Development, Employment, and Awareness of Nurses in Viet Nam Working Abroad

Chapter 5: Cambodian Caregivers: Human Resource Development and the Option to Work Abroad

Returned Nurses and Care Workers

Chapter 6: Indonesian International Nurse Migration: Assessing Migration as Investment for Future Work