Since there are already 170,000 home-based foreign caregivers looking after nearly 60 % of those in need of long-term care, it ought to be enough for the government to concentrate its resources on low-income and other disadvantaged households, but there are simply too few locals willing to work in the field to provide for everyone in need.
照說，17 萬名家庭類外籍看護工已扛起近 6 成的照顧責任，政府只要將資源集中在中低收入家庭等弱勢者即可，但國內照顧體系卻因人力投入不足，難以撐起健全的照顧網絡。