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To explore the living and care arrangement plans of older Filipino immigrants in New Zealand.

New Zealand is rapidly becoming the host to an increasing number of ageing Filipino immigrants. Despite this sizeable population growth of ageing Filipinos in New Zealand, still very little is known about this ethnic group's care needs and living arrangement preferences in later life within the New Zealand context.

Qualitative descriptive approach.

Data were collected from 15 older Filipinos who participated in face‐to‐face interviews. Data were analysed using a thematic analytical framework.

Two major themes were identified from the data analysis. The first theme “preferred living and care arrangements” is about older Filipinos’ preferred plans for future residence and in receiving care when no longer able to function independently in their own homes. The …