02293nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245009800055210006900153300001000222490000700232520155800239653002201797653001001819653003201829653002501861653001401886653001201900100002001912700001601932856012701948       2021                        eng d  a2300-168200aMigration and Elderly Care Work in Italy: Three Stories of Romanian and Moldovan Care Workers0 aMigration and Elderly Care Work in Italy Three Stories of Romani  a71-900 v103 a<p>Italy is one of the most important destination countries for Romanians. At the same time, the Italian care sector relies mainly on migrant labour, most of whom are Romanian women. Historically, Italy is considered one of the landmark countries for the southern or Mediterranean welfare state, characterised by its fragmented labour market, underdeveloped social protection system, informal economy and unpaid care work, usually done by the women in the family. Italy has one of the highest rates in Europe of both the elderly population and life expectancy at birth. In the last 20 years, the care work was gradually redistributed to migrant care workers, most of them women from former socialist countries, who often live in the household where they work. Migration from Eastern Europe, particularly Romania, has been facilitated, on the one hand, by rising unemployment and low-paid job opportunities in migrants&rsquo; countries of origin in the context of the deindustrialisation of state industry and, on the other, by the Italian elderly public-support system which is based on cash benefits granted to the family which can be redistributed to employ migrant care workers. In this paper we analyse three specific types of care work migration from Romania to Italy and the main challenges which they face, taking into account the specifics of the work and the type of migration chosen. The methodology is qualitative, based on 20 semi-structured online interviews with Romanian care workers and two interviews with stakeholders.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10aelderly care work10aItaly10aMediterranean welfare state10amigrant care workers10amigration10aRomania1 aȚoc, Sebastian1 aGuțu, Dinu  uhttps://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/migration-and-elderly-care-work-italy-three-stories-romanian-and-moldovan-care-workers