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Age-related capacity decline
 — a review of some workplace implications
Author(s)Sarah Harper, Sue Marcus
Journal titleAgeing Horizons, 2006, no 5, Autumn 2006
PublisherOxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, Autumn 2006
Pagespp 20-30
SourceDownload only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons
KeywordsEmployment of older people ; Health [elderly] ; Keeping fit ; Work capacity ; Safety services ; Factory acts ; International.
AnnotationGlobal ageing will intensify the world skills shortage and potentially create severe competition in the global labour market. OECD countries will increasingly need to look at the larger skills base they already have within their own economies, and retain experienced older workers in their 50s and 60s. This raises a variety of concerns, particularly in the areas of health and safety of older workers, given potential change in work capacity with age. This review considers what is known about age-related changes in physical and psychological functioning, how they might be modified, and how they interact with environmental factors. Not only is the degree to which any of these changes affect performance and function highly variable, but most of them are also highly dependent on environmental factors. Work place implications for these factors are considered, and the article ends with an overview of current capacity testing that draws on international examples of good practice. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-070503216 A
ClassmarkGC: CC: CE: BIL: OK: WKC: 72

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