Examines the changing face of work and retirement as economies face the prospect of ageining workforces. Reviews the status of policymaking concerned with age and employment and how it needs to be adapted to the changing circumstances and characteristics of individuals and societies...

Fiscal / financial sustainability of LTC systems; Quality of LTC services, home care arrangements; Encouraging informal care and formal LTC jobs...

In the 1990's, demographic and economic prospects obliged European countries to reform pensions. More redently, the European COmmission, the OCED and policy makers have been concerned to take measures which encourage silver workers to work later either in their end-of.career company or...

The UK workforce is becoming older and many people over 50 years want and need to continue working. Limited knowledge is available regarding their needs or the organisational issues that will arise. Similarly, there is a paucity of information regarding current work system design for older...

Facing the demographic challenge, an increasing healthy life expectancy and the need of organisations for experience and competencies, the focus of the presented empirical survey is on the workforce capacity of older persons beyond formal retirement age in good mental and physical health. As...

For almost three decades, the Dutch government and social partners have pursued a policy of promoting flexibility and part-time work. Initially part-time work was seen as a way of reducing unemployment. Later the aim of the policy was to improve the labour participation rate of women and to...

Pension age, Longevity Trends, Morbidity Trends, Occupational morbidity; Health in later working life; Conclusions...

About the EFA; The UK position on retirement; Hertfordshire County Council; Coca Cola Enterprises...

I would like to thank the organisers for their invitation and for giving me the opportunity to share with you the way a professional organisation sees age management in enterprises. The Swiss Association of Financial Employees (Swiss SEC) is the largest Swiss Oorganisation covering employees...

While the European population grew older, the avergae effective exit age from the labour market has fallen dramatically during recent decades, mainly due to the development of pre- and early retirement systems in an effort to combat youth unemployment...