The general public has a different lament — families dealing with the burden of long-term care say they are skirting the law only because they are forced to. The government isn ’ t providing enough long-term care resources, policies are not keeping pace with real-life realities, and government agencies are not acting in a coordinated manner. That is why, they say, people are turning to low-paid, hardworking foreign caregivers.
種種「巴氏鬧劇」在全台上演，但民眾的心情卻是，政府提供的長照資源不足、政策規劃牛步化、各部會多頭馬車、整合度低，獨自承擔照顧責任的家庭才會被迫遊走法律邊緣，只求能請到「廉價耐操」的外籍看護。