The truth is that outside of Southern California, it’s very difficult, like trying to find a Japanese bilingual. There just aren’t many Koreans who are young enough or poor enough to agree to wipe people’s butts for a living.
This is technically true. My ILs’ caregiver is only making 122000 a year now for cleaning him up once a night. She’s doing hella great for someone without a college education. We don’t even know if she went to hs.
With Koreans and Japanese, you rarely see this. They’re flat out told their path is grades and academics from a very early age vs any sort of trade, caregiving being one. It’s not like there’s much outmigration to the us anymore.
I am far from conversant in Spanish but like most have Spanglish interactions to get an ice cream or buy groceries or whatever. This elderly Korean should be able to do so until they regress to not knowing any English at all.
I would contact your local area's Agency on Aging for resources, or contact local Korean organizations (clubs, churches, etc). You may want to look on Care.com or ask this question on Nextdoor.com
Sorry, we are not an employment agency. We r a forum of caregivers from all over the US. It will depend on what state you live in to how prevalent Koreans are. Where I live, not so much.
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The truth is that outside of Southern California, it’s very difficult, like trying to find a Japanese bilingual. There just aren’t many Koreans who are young enough or poor enough to agree to wipe people’s butts for a living.
With Koreans and Japanese, you rarely see this. They’re flat out told their path is grades and academics from a very early age vs any sort of trade, caregiving being one. It’s not like there’s much outmigration to the us anymore.
I am far from conversant in Spanish but like most have Spanglish interactions to get an ice cream or buy groceries or whatever. This elderly Korean should be able to do so until they regress to not knowing any English at all.
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