Are you a woman aged 45-65 caring for an older person in your family? We are looking for caregivers to be interviewed for our research on the financial strains of eldercare. The findings from our interviews with caregivers will help to inform the policy recommendations we make to ease the financial strain on older female caregivers in Singapore.

Through these interviews, we wish to identify the financial strains of caregiving, how caregiving is currently being financed in households, and what financial support elderly caregivers require.

Interview Details:
– Interviews will be conducted from mid-June to August this year, and can be conducted at a time and place of the interviewee’s convenience.
– Interviewee’s details will be kept confidential.
– Each interviewee will be awarded with a $30 token of appreciation for their participation.

Profile of Interviewees:

• Female
• Age: 45-65*
• Caregiver must be Singaporean, care recipient can be non-Singaporean
• Must be Primary Caregiver (care recipient must live in the same house)
• Care recipient must be 45 or older**
• Caregiver should not have any children under the age of 21

Please write to Preethi at consultant@aware.org.sg if you are keen or know anyone who would like to contribute to this research.

* Our research will look at two different groups of female family caregivers: a younger cohort of caregivers (ages 45-55) who are caring for elderly/older relatives and may be feeling the financial impact of caregiving; and an older cohort of caregivers (ages 55 to 65) who may have had their financial resources depleted after years of caregiving.

**We are also looking to interview caregivers who may be caring for siblings, spouses or relatives closer in age to them.