Bundesweit fehlen 50.000 Pflegekräfte und die Situation verschärft sich weiter. Das Budget der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung steigt kontinuielrich und reicht doch nicht aus. Gleichzeitig reicht bei vielen die Rente nicht fürs Pflegeheim. Wer selbst noch nicht von diesen Themen betroffen ist...

In many poor countries with high emigration rates elderly people are left behind without care when their children migrate. Without a functioning market in private care migrants face a difficult trade-off between working their way out of poverty and providing informal care once their parents...

Women contribute disproportionately to household production, especially in Southern European countries. As a consequence of population aging assistance to elderly parents, rather than child care, has become a prevalent activity in home-production services. Immigrant labor has increasingly become...