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Availability of caregiver‐friendly workplace policies ( CFWP s): an international scoping review
Author(s) -
Ireson Rachelle,
Sethi Bharati,
Williams Allison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/hsc.12347
Subject(s) - library science , citation , social science , sociology , geography , computer science
Little research has been done to summarise: what is currently available to caregiver‐employees ( CE s), what types of employers are offering caregiver‐friendly workplace policies ( CFWP s), and the characteristics of employers offering CFWP s. The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the availability of CFWP s within workplaces on an international scale while being observant of how gender is implicated in care‐giving. This paper followed the A rksey & O ’Malley (2005) methodology for conducting scoping reviews. The authors applied an iterative method of determining study search strings, study inclusion and data extraction, and qualitative thematic analysis of the search results. Searches were performed in both the academic and grey literature, published between 1994 and 2014. A total of 701 articles were found. Seventy ( n = 70) articles met all inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Four main qualitative themes were identified: (i) Diversity and Inclusiveness, (ii) Motivation, (iii) Accessibility, and (iv) Workplace Culture. Policy recommendations are discussed. This scoping review narrows the gap in the literature with respect to determining: (i) the workplaces which offer CFWP s, (ii) the sectors of the labour force shown to be supportive and (iii) the most frequently offered CFWP s.