Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the type of care, factors influencing caregivers' strains, and caregiving outcomes of immigrant Filipino caregivers to senior patients with chronic and/or serious life-threatening conditions in Canada. Design: This study employed a qualitative method with five female caregivers and five female and male patients who were Filipino immigrants in Winnipeg, Canada. Audiorecorded interviews were guided by a semi-structured open-ended interview script. Transcripts of audio-recorded interview data were analyzed using content analysis. Findings Findings of the study revealed that female caregivers' tasks included providing personal care, assisting with mobility and giving medications, as well as, performing care management tasks like arranging social services and transportation. Caregivers' economic, financial, physical, emotional and time strains were influenced by their employment arrangements, household status, income, social networks, the life cycle stage, housing, and neighborhood. Caregiving outcomes for employed female caregivers resulted often in economic and emotional distress and even poor health.
Caregivers ; Emigrants and Immigrants