The migrant care workers newsletter 10 november 2010

Special focus on migrant care workers The need for care work Issue 2 The demand for care workers ing the care needs of older dalk, are designed to address November 2010 in developed countries, such people in Ireland. According these important issues. as Ireland, is going to increase to findings from a regional in the coming decades due to Diet and nutrition in later life survey with care workers, mi- the twin challenges of popula- grants comprise approxi- Good nutrition is one of the tion ageing and declining mately 17 percent of the paid Special points of interest: major determinants of suc- numbers of informal family care workers for older people cessful ageing and has impor-  Among the most common carers. Currently 11% of the in County Louth (Carragher & tant implication for quality of chronic diseases suffered total population in Ireland is O’Connor, 2010). life for older people. Re- by older people are those aged over 65 years, but this is search suggests that older directly linked to expected to increase to 25% The Netwell Centre in Dundalk people who eat a healthy diet inappropriate diet and by 2040 with the greatest in- Institute of Technology has have a greater chance of in- unhealthy lifestyles. crease in the very old—those moved to explore the experi- creased or maintained levels aged over 80 years (Central  Inadequate intake of some ences of migrant care workers Statistics Office, CSO 2008). of functional ability, reduced and the supports they identify important vitamins and risk of chronic diseases such as necessary to enable them minerals are liable to occur At the same time, the avail- to care for older people from a as heart disease and diabetes in older people who have ability of informal carers par- different cultural background. and an improved sense of more limited diets. ticularly adult children of dis- abled older people, may de-  Reduced vitamin and A previous workshop with care cline in future as more women mineral intake can cause workers highlighted the need continue to enter the labour nutritional diseases or for more support around the market (Wittenburg et al., disorders such as anaemic issues of diet and nutrition. 2005). and non-anaemic iron This newsletter and the food preparation seminar sched- deficiency and The contribution of foreign uled for 10th November (7-9 osteomalacia due to care workers will continue to pm) in O’Fiaich College, Dun- Vitamin D deficiency (Food play an important role in meet- Simon Cooper/Organization, 2010 Safety Authority, 2000) Principle dietary guidelines for healthy older people For further information, contact: Lucia Carragher Tel: 042 9370400 The National Food Safety nutrient density should be should be eaten daily. Email: lucia.carragher@dkit.ie Authority of Ireland (2000) eaten regularly.  Fortified milk should be provide dietary guidelines for To speak to our Cúltaca for  An adequate intake of high consumed by all older healthy ageing. Some of the older people, contact: fibre foods and fluids should people unless otherwise principle dietary guidelines be maintained. recommended. Ann Marron Tel: 042 9370501 recommended for older people include:  Meat, poultry and fish  At least eight cups/glasses Email: ann.marron@dkit.ie or should be eaten regularly. of fluids should be drunk  A wide variety of foods, Pat Kerins Tel: 0429370531 Dairy foods such as cheese each day. including those with high Email: patrick.kerins@dkit.ie

References Special focus on migrant Carragher, L., and O’Connor, L. (2010). The Care Worker’s Sur- vey, Dundalk: The Netwell Centre. care workers RDC, Dundalk Institute of Technology Central Statistic Office (2008). Ageing in Ireland, Dublin: Central Statistics Office. Dublin Road Dundalk Food Safety Authority (2000) Recommendations for a national Phone: ++353 429370400 ext: 2677 food and nutrition policy for older people, Dublin: Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Fax: ++353 429331163 E-mail: lucia.carragher@dkit.ie Simon Cooper/Organization (2010). The nutrition of elderly people, Communitycare.co.uk [online] http:// www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/09/02/115176/a- watchful-eye-on-malnutrition.htm [accessed 28 Oct. 2010] Stanner, S (2002). A healthy diet for older people, Nursing & Residential Care 4 (9): 428 - 433 Wittenburg, R., L. Pickard, J. Malley, D. King, A. Comas-Herrera and R. Darton (2008) Future demand for social care, 2005 to Transforming Communities, Environments 2041: Projections of demand for social care for older people in England. PSSRU Discussion Paper 2517: Report to the Strategy and Technologies for ageing-in-place Unit (Cabinet Office) and the Department of Health. London: Reach out to support ethnic diversity (Respect) , a project sup- ported by the European Union's Peace III Programme as awarded We’re on the Web! by Louth Peace and Reconciliation Partnership http://netwellcentre. org/ Previous Workshop Our workshop in November 2009 provided the opportunity for care workers from different cultural backgrounds to highlight their experiences of working with older people in the home. For further information or if you have any queries regarding our workshops, contact: Lucia Carragher Tel: 042 9370400 ext: 2677 Email: lucia.carragher@dkit.ie

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