I'm a semi-retired Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (that's an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse), having worked in the home health and skilled nursing fields for many many years I can tell you for sure that neither Medicaid nor Medicare is going to be available outside the US. I think as has been said here before; that the logistics are going to be the make / break factor. To not only attract but keep clients from the US you will need english speaking care givers - most will not need any kind of skilled care beyond perhaps one nurse for X / clients to provide a clinical overview of their general health and medicines. But those who provide the actual hands on care need to be able to talk and help their clients - this will be the deal breaker I'm afraid - unless you can start some kind of training program like those used to train CNA's in the states.
One of the more successful programs in the states is shared living - or group clusters of older / younger in a family like setting, often provided by the older person.....housing in exchange for care giving - Could this be duplicated here?
The other thing that has the potential to be a problem is the recent changes in residency - officially one can visit as a tourist for up to 2 months but after that?? a big gray area now - and could these people be eligible for residency and all the crap one has to go through to get that just started / approved?
One of the more successful programs in the states is shared living - or group clusters of older / younger in a family like setting, often provided by the older person.....housing in exchange for care giving - Could this be duplicated here?
The other thing that has the potential to be a problem is the recent changes in residency - officially one can visit as a tourist for up to 2 months but after that?? a big gray area now - and could these people be eligible for residency and all the crap one has to go through to get that just started / approved?