Contributors
AWARE is conducting qualitative research to find out more about the financial strain on older female caregivers and are currently recruiting interview respondents for its study. AWARE is a non-profit organisation that advocates for women in Singapore through research-backed policy recommendations. The aim of the research is to make policy recommendations to ease the financial strain on older female caregivers in Singapore. Through these interviews, it wishes to identify the financial strains of caregiving, how they are currently being financed and what financial support elderly caregivers still require.
The interviewswill 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 and each interviewee will be awarded with a S$30 token of appreciation for their participation.
The criteria of the interviewees:
- Female.
- Age: 45 to 65.
- Caregiver must be Singaporean, while the care recipient can be non-Singaporean.
- Must be primary caregiver (care recipient must live in the same house).
- Care recipient must be older than caregiver.
- Caregiver should not have any children under the age of 21.
According to AWARE, their findings will be published in a report that is slated for December this year.
If you or anyone you know is keen to be interviewed, please write to Preethi at consultant@aware.org.sg.
