How to improve the work ability of elderly workers

Knauth, Peter; Karl, Dorothee; Braedel–Kühner, Cordula

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2005.02.046

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“…This study examined the demographic, organisational and working conditions of older AOD workers and provides information that can inform workforce planning, policy development and organisational responses to aid retention. 23 Older workers comprised approximately one-third of this workforce. As such, they form a large component of this service sector, with effective and efficient delivery of high-demand clinical care heavily reliant on them.…”

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Older workers in the alcohol and other drug sector: Predictors of workforce retention

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Objective: Older workers are increasingly prevalent in health and human services, including the alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector. Their turnover intentions have important implications for service system stability and retention. Methods: Descriptive and regression analyses of survey data examined age-related differences (<50, ≥50 years old) in non-government workers' demographic, health and professional profiles and predictors of turnover intention. Results: Older workers (≥50 years, n = 86) comprised one-third of this workforce. Compared to younger workers (n = 164), they experienced greater discrimination but higher work-life balance and work engagement. Turnover intention was predicted by job satisfaction, discrimination and work engagement. Conclusion: Older workers' well-being and workforce retention are essential for effective leadership, succession planning and service continuity. Their needs and retention motivations are identified. Age-specific support mechanisms, proactive retention and anti-discrimination strategies are identified priorities. K E Y W O R D S discrimination, drug and alcohol workers, non-government alcohol and other drug sector, older workers, workforce development, workforce retention c Possible scores on the scale range from 1 (low) to 7 (high).

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Older workers in the alcohol and other drug sector: Predictors of workforce retention

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“…Segundo Knauth et al (2005), os trabalhadores mais velhos beneficiam de turnos com uma rotação rápida e para a frente, com uma melhoria do sono e do bem estar geral. Já Ilmarinen (1999), refere que, na organização do trabalho com elevada exigência física dos trabalhadores mais velhos, devem ser incorporadas, com frequência, micro-pausas para evitar o excesso de fadiga e melhorar o desempenho e manter o adequado nível de vigilância.…”

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International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2019

2019

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A Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais realiza, em 15 e 16 de Abril de 2019, a 15ª edição do Colóquio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais - SHO 2019. Tal como nos treze últimos anos, o evento tem lugar no Auditório Nobre da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, em Guimarães. A edição de 2019 abrange as temáticas da Ergonomia e do Ambiente Físico, dos Riscos Químicos e Biológicos, da Segurança contra Incêndio e da Gestão da Prevenção, que são objeto de sessões plenárias, decorrendo ainda várias sessões paralelas de comunicações livres nas áreas temáticas previstas para o evento, bem como várias sessões com apresentação de posters.

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“…The criterion "evaluated" was particularly problematic. Many studies described development of models for interventions or were study protocols of ongoing interventions and did not describe the outcome or results of an intervention, which was the topic of interest in this review [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]. Other reasons for exclusion were that the intervention did not include a description of the participants' age, or excluded older workers [42;54;59-61], or that it did not describe agricultural workers [49-51;53-55;61;66].…”

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Interventions to reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture: A review of evaluated intervention projects

Nilsson

2016

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BACKGROUND:The number of older workers is increasing throughout the industrialised world and older workers are known to be more frequent in the injury-prone agricultural sector.OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to extend knowledge by reviewing evaluated intervention studies intended to decrease risks and work injuries among older workers in agriculture. METHODS:A systematic literature review regarding: evaluated intervention projects on injury prevention, including participants aged 55 years and older, and working in agriculture. RESULTS:This review identified evaluated intervention projects regarding: i) intervention in injury prevention; ii) interventions to increase knowledge in health and safety tasks and practice; and iii) interventions to increase the use of safety equipment in work. The evaluations reviewed showed that the interventions were less successful in involving older agricultural workers than their younger counterparts. The evaluations also showed that the outcome of interventions was generally less positive or brought about no significant difference in risk awareness and behaviour change among older agricultural workers. CONCLUSIONS:Many articles and statistics describe injuries in agriculture. Especially older farm workers are one of the groups with most work injuries and deaths. Despite this, an important finding in this review was shortage of implemented and evaluated intervention studies orientated toward reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture. This review also found that no intervention project in the evaluations studied had a clear positive effect. Many intervention studies have problems with or lack of evaluation in the study design. Based on the results in this review, important future research tasks are to improve the design of interventions, devise implementation methods and formulate appropriate evaluation methods to measure the outcome of the interventions.Intervention programmes also need to involve older workers specific physical and cognitive age aspects in the design to increases their willingness to participate and to be successful to reduce injuries.

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How to improve the work ability of elderly workers

Cited by 5 publications

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Older workers in the alcohol and other drug sector: Predictors of workforce retention

Older workers in the alcohol and other drug sector: Predictors of workforce retention

International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2019

Interventions to reduce injuries among older workers in agriculture: A review of evaluated intervention projects

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