160 likes | 370 Views
Aging in OECD Countries and International Nursing Migration. August 28, 2006 B. Lindsay Lowell and Victor A. Dumas Institute for the Study of International Migration Georgetown University Washington, DC 20007 Tel: (202) 687-2602, -2258 Email: lowellbl@georgetown.edu
E N D
Aging in OECD Countries and International Nursing Migration August 28, 2006 B. Lindsay Lowell and Victor A. Dumas Institute for the Study of International Migration Georgetown University Washington, DC 20007 Tel: (202) 687-2602, -2258 Email: lowellbl@georgetown.edu * Presentation to a seminar on International Migration of Women held by the World Bank Group Gender and Development Group, PREM
SOME OBSERVATIONS: • The latent demand for all nurses from LDCs nurses to provide all healthcare needs looks likely to increase; • and the latent demand to provide long term healthcare (LTC) is especially great. • Latent demand picks up most notable after 2020 in the EU and in the Americas.
Immigration Policies • Projected latent demand for ALL nurses is not so great (in Europe) because future population growth is “flat.” • However, fast growth of the elderly may generate a latent shortfall of LDC nurses in Europe and the Americas in long term healthcare.