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| Facts and misunderstandings about age, health status and employability : executive summary | | Author(s) | Kirsten Benjamin, Sally Wilson |
| Corporate Author | Science Group: Human Factors, Age Partnership Group, Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Department for Work and Pensions - DWP, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Issue no. APG 10) |
| Source | Download copies : http://www.agepositive.gov.uk/agepartnershipgroup Email for hard copies: agepositive@dwp.gsi.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Health [elderly] ; Conditions of employment ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Older people are often discriminated against in the workplace on the basis of stereotypes about ageing. This executive summary of the main report considers some of the common "myths" about older workers. The evidence presented to explode these myths on ageing suggests a number of considerations and actions for employers in relation to all workers with regard to: health, cognitive capacity, physical strength and endurance, sensory abilities, adaptability to change, learning new information, levels of sickness absence, accidents in the workplace, and productivity. This research is one of a number of projects commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on behalf of the Age Partnership Group (APG) as part of the National Guidance Campaign (NGC). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051011209 B |
| Classmark | GC: TOB: CC: WKA: 3A:6KC |
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