Ho Ken H M, Chiang Vico C L, Leung Doris, Ku Ben H B
Tung Wah College, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2018 Jan 29;5:2333393617753906. doi: 10.1177/2333393617753906. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec.
We examine the lived experiences of foreign domestic helpers (FDH) working with community-dwelling older people in Hong Kong. Unstructured interviews were conducted with 11 female FDHs, and thematically analyzed. The theme represented the embodied commodification of FDHs to be functional for older people in home care. Another theme, , highlighted the FDHs' capacity to commit to home care and be concerned about older people. The indicated the intermittent capacity of FDHs to find meaning in their care, in which performative nature for functional purposes and emotional engagement took turns to be the foci in migrant home care. This study addresses the transition of FDHs from task-oriented relation to companions of older people through care work. Discussion draws on the development of a kin-like relationship between FDHs and older people with emotional reciprocity grounded in moral values.
我们考察了在香港与社区居住的老年人一起工作的外籍家庭佣工（FDH）的生活经历。我们对11名女性外籍家庭佣工进行了非结构化访谈，并进行了主题分析。该主题体现了外籍家庭佣工为居家照顾老年人而被物化。另一个主题强调了外籍家庭佣工致力于居家照顾并关心老年人的能力。这表明外籍家庭佣工在其照顾工作中寻找意义的能力具有间歇性，其中出于功能性目的的表演性质和情感投入轮流成为移民居家照顾的重点。本研究探讨了外籍家庭佣工如何通过照顾工作从以任务为导向的关系转变为老年人的陪伴者。讨论借鉴了外籍家庭佣工与老年人之间基于道德价值观的情感互惠的类亲属关系的发展。
