2017
DOI: 10.1007/s00481-017-0438-8
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„Alt werden im Paradies“ – Die ethischen Aspekte der Migration von pflegebedürftigen Menschen

Abstract: Zusammenfassung Seit einigen Jahren erscheinen in deutschsprachigen Medien Beiträge, die einen neuen Trend in der Versorgung von langzeitpflegebedürftigen Menschen beschreiben: die Migration in ausländische Pflegeheime, insbesondere nach Thailand oder Ost-Europa. Diese Art der Migration wird kontrovers aufgenommen. Einige Medienbeiträge beschreiben diese Praxis u. a. als "Greisen-Export", "gerontologischen Kolonialismus" oder "inhumane Deportation". Die Begriffe weisen darauf hin, dass diese Migration aus soge… Show more

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“…Even if locals are not being discriminated against in terms of admission policies, care home places might become prohibitively expensive for many when prices are driven up by the ability of immigrants to afford higher rental costs. Another way in which host populations might be harmed by this type of migration is that it engenders, or simply contributes to, domestic brain and care drains whereby local medical specialists and care workers start offering their services to comparatively wealthy foreign clients as opposed to local clients, 8 which is a phenomenon that has been witnessed within the related context of medical tourism. 9 While these are serious problems, it seems to me that they can be avoided by sending countries.…”
Section: Protecting Local Inhabitantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even if locals are not being discriminated against in terms of admission policies, care home places might become prohibitively expensive for many when prices are driven up by the ability of immigrants to afford higher rental costs. Another way in which host populations might be harmed by this type of migration is that it engenders, or simply contributes to, domestic brain and care drains whereby local medical specialists and care workers start offering their services to comparatively wealthy foreign clients as opposed to local clients, 8 which is a phenomenon that has been witnessed within the related context of medical tourism. 9 While these are serious problems, it seems to me that they can be avoided by sending countries.…”
Section: Protecting Local Inhabitantsmentioning
confidence: 99%