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Strategies to Enhance Productive and
Healthy Environments
for the Older Workforce
A collaborative research project funded under the
New Dynamics of Ageing Programme
Introduction
Demographic changes have led to an increase in the proportion of older workers within the UK workforce. This presents new and exciting challenges for organisations and for occupational health services. It is now essential to ensure that the working age population are able to work longer by maintaining and promoting their work ability and by facilitating healthier working lives.
Our research network has developed a multidisciplinary research programme which will ultimately inform employment policies and lead to improvements in occupational health services and the built environment.
Relevance to NDA programme
This collaborative research project (CRP) addresses the 'Workplace design and older worker', 'Active and healthy ageing' and 'Autonomy and independence' themes of the NDA Programme. Improved understanding of older worker requirements and evidence based interventions will result in enhanced health (MRC) and well being and increased economic competitiveness of the UK (prioritised by EPSRC, ESRC and BBSRC). The integration of arts and humanities in this research provides the opportunity for novel developments with communication and knowledge transfer, meeting the strategic aims of the AHRC.
Our CRP has developed through partnership with end users of the research and will contribute to a transformation of working practices, support services and the working environment for older people.
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