Ferrer Ilyan
University of Calgary,Faculty of Social Work.
Can J Aging. 2017 Mar;36(1):15-29. doi: 10.1017/S0714980816000684. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
Although domestic work scholarship in Canada has focused primarily on the immigration/migration and labour experiences of domestic workers under the Foreign Domestic Movement and the Live-in-Caregiver Program, research is scarce on how these workers retire and consequently age in Canadian society. This article focuses on the aging experiences of retired Filipino domestic workers who, upon entering retirement, find themselves working in the secondary and/or underground economy while providing and receiving care from spouses, grandchildren, and local/transnational family members. Data were drawn from six qualitative, in-depth interviews with older Filipina domestic workers who discussed experiences of immigration, caring labour, retirement, and aging. Findings underscore (1) the poverty that older Filipino domestic workers encounter as they approach their retirement; (2) the necessity but insufficiency of the state's retirement provisions; (3) the need to find work in the unreported labour market; and (4) how caring labour is provided intergenerationally as a survival strategy.
尽管加拿大的家政工作学术研究主要聚焦于外籍家政工人流动计划和住家保姆计划下家政工人的移民/迁徙及劳动经历，但对于这些工人如何退休以及在加拿大社会如何变老的研究却很匮乏。本文关注退休的菲律宾家政工人的变老经历，她们在退休后发现自己在从事第二产业和/或地下经济工作，同时还要向配偶、孙辈以及本地/跨国家庭成员提供照料并接受他们的照料。数据来自对六名年长菲律宾家政女工的定性深入访谈，她们讨论了移民、照料劳动、退休和变老的经历。研究结果强调了：（1）年长菲律宾家政工人临近退休时所面临的贫困；（2）国家退休福利的必要性但却不足；（3）在未申报劳动力市场找工作的需求；以及（4）代际间如何提供照料劳动作为一种生存策略。
