Caregiving Jobs Abroad in Europe or U.S

The demand for caregivers is high, but the path is not easy, we all compete for limited positions in nursing homes private homes, and care agencies. While native Europeans often pursue higher qualifications taking up registered nursing roles with better pay and advancements, many foreigners especially from Africa and Eastern Europe are limited to basic training, qualifying only for lower paying caregiver roles.

But the silent reality is we care for their eldery while we struggle surviving ourselves. Yet this work builds resilience, and a sense of contribution in foreign Land.

While many Eastern European migrants also struggle with language barries and cultural adjustment, African caregivers often face even more layer challanges, including racial bias, limited Job opportunities and cultural misunderstanding.

feeding the residents cleaning them when they are soiled, bathing them, moving between rooms and offering companionship when someone simply needs to talk. Depending on the size of the nursing home, a caregiver maybe responsible for many residents - each with different physical, mental and emotional needs.

In those homes you meet every kind of character. Some of the residents were joyful in life, others were deeply troubled, and many are confused or living with dementia. Often, you have to remind them again and again where they are because memory fades. Some will greet you with warmth, others will chase you out of their rooms and a few may even raise their hands to hit. It is a job that demands a lot of patience, emotional strength and compassion, every single day!

People persume caregiving job to be a humble job , they do not see what really happens behind the close doors!

......."i worked in a Catholic sisters convent caring for the eldery sister, at first it seemed like a calm work place. But it broke me up. Months after working in that Catholic convent something began interfering with my navel from inside. My navel was already marked. A sensation around my navel and sacrum, which never left me up to date.

I left that job spiritually attacked, something that i have never recovered from up to date!

It is about when a job crosses into your soul and life. 

Caregiving job may not be or may be the dream job you had in mind when you landed here in Europe, but for many Africans abroad, it is the beginning of something greater! It is where strength is tested, purpose is discovered one patient at a time!