economic costs of care framework literature review

[...]... caregiving, caregiver outcomes, family caregivers, informal care, caregiver risks, employed caregivers, caregiving and work, working caregivers, economic costs, elder care  Date: Material published or produced since 2000 was reviewed in order to capture new literature that was not reviewed and analysed in the development of the A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care taxonomy on costs. .. and related activities The following figure represents the taxonomy of economic costs of care to caregivers based on the results of this review Figure 3.1 Taxonomy of the Economic Costs of Care for Family/Friend Caregivers A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care 3.2.1 Employment Consequences Within the domain of employment consequences, four sub-domains were identified: labour... the economic costs of care A goal of this project was to develop two taxonomies of the economic costs of care, determining major domains, identifying sub-categories of costs within the domains, and exploring some of the major influences on the magnitude of those costs A taxonomy is a classification arranged in a hierarchical structure and, in this case, is used to conceptualize the categories of costs. .. examination of existing literature It requires clarity of what is included in the review, what is excluded and thus, the resulting body of knowledge A strength of the systematic review Page 15 Page 16 A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care is its ability to draw together knowledge across a topic area (Grant and Booth, 2009) One type of systematic review is the scoping review A...A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care or ethnic minority families or transnational caregivers An understanding of the unique features of caregiving in Aboriginal families and communities is also required Gap 7: Employers’ Costs There are major gaps in our knowledge of employers’ costs Currently there are no estimates available of caregiving-related costs to employers... 20 A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care address the focal topic of family/friend caregivers and economic costs Examples included those dealing with rural ageing, social isolation, healthy aging, or services for caregivers Many articles were excluded because they focused on non -economic costs such as caregiver burden or health and well-being consequences The majority of literature. .. Smith-Sebasto, 2001) (See Appendix 7-1 for a summary of these standards) 3.1.5 Narrative Synthesis The purpose of the narrative synthesis was to identify sub-categories of costs within the domains and themes of economic costs of caregiving for caregivers A narrative synthesis Page 21 Page 22 A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care is appropriate when studies are too diverse (either... models of costs of care 2.1 Project Objectives The purpose of this project is to document the current state of knowledge of the economic costs of care to adults with chronic health problems/disabilities Two stakeholder groups are featured: family/friend caregivers and employers of caregivers For each of these groups we have four objectives: Objective 1: Review recent Canadian and international literature. .. Page 14 A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care workers (MMMI and NAC, 2006) Such changes, in turn, have the potential to slow economic recovery and place caregivers at further economic risk In combination, these challenges make it imperative that we better understand the economic costs of care both to caregivers and to their employers, and increase the precision of our current... Page 29 Page 30 A framework and literature review on the economic costs of care responsibilities Fast and colleagues (2011) report that among those aged 45 and older less than 5% of employed women caregivers and 3% of their male counterparts turned down a job offer or promotion because of caregiving responsibilities As many as 40% of employed caregivers in one U S study indicated that caregiving had an