We are interested in interviewing live-in migrant domestic workers currently employed to provide care for an older person in the household (above the age of 65), by Singaporean/PR family caregivers or the care recipients themselves. We will be conducting qualitative interviews with migrant domestic workers to find out more about their experiences providing eldercare.

The profile of respondents we are looking to interview is as follows:

1. Must be currently providing care, or have provided care within the past two years, to an older person in the household (above the age of 65)
2. Must be employed by a Singaporean/PR family caregiver, or by a Singaporean/PR care recipient (above the age of 65)
3. Must be residing in the same residence as the care recipient
4. Must be providing care for an older person that needs help with at least one Activity of Daily Living (washing, feeding, dressing, transferring, toileting or mobility), or needs help due to a mental condition (dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc.)
5. Preferably English-speaking

The interviews will be one hour long and conducted at a time and place of the respondent’s convenience. They will be conducted between February – April 2020.

If you are interested, or know a migrant domestic worker who might be, please email Preethi at projects@aware.org.sg. Do feel free to ask for more clarifications about whether you, or the migrant domestic worker you know, fits the profile. Please also indicate in your email if the migrant domestic worker is English-speaking.

We are also interested in interviewing some pairs of migrant domestic workers and their employers, if the latter are family caregivers for older people. Both interviews can be conducted on the same day, but the migrant domestic worker and her employer will be interviewed separately. Do indicate in your email which kind of interview (single or pair) you are interested in.

All respondents will be given a $30 NTUC voucher as a token of appreciation for their time.