In Taiwan as well as in Germany, people dependent on nursing care are supported in their homes by outpatient services. As the number of very old people is rising, so is the demand of caretakers who live in the home of the person dependent on support and nursing care on a permanent basis. For this purpose, and primarily for financial reasons, in Taiwan as well as in Germany, care-migrants are hired who are motivated to do care work abroad because it enables them to offer their families in the country of origin a ‘better life’. The employment of these so-called 24-h-carers are regulated by legislative measures, which, however, do not guarantee appropriate working conditions for the care personnel. The procurement of care staff is primarily done by private agencies that have taken hold of this field because of a lack of public policy measures regulating care employment by migrant workers.