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AGING WORKERS
Juhani E Ilmarinen
Correspondence to: Professor Juhani Ilmarinen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Physiology, Laajaniityntie 1, FIN-01620 Vantaa, Finland juhani.ilmarinen@occuphealth.fi
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Physical and mental changes...
Work ability and employability
Aging and work: the...
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Chronological aging
starts at birth and ends at death. Therefore, anyone in the work force
(15-64 years of age) can be considered an aging worker. However, the
definition of an aging worker is generally based on the period when
major changes occur in relevant work related functions during the
course of work life. Functional capacities, mainly physical, show a
declining trend after the age of 30 years, and the trend can become
critical after the next 15-20 years if the physical demands of work do
not decline. On the other hand, workers' perceptions of their ability
to work indicate that some of them reach their peak before the age of 50 years, and five years later about 15-25% report that they have a
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