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Wednesday 28 August 2013
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Study Challenges Stereotypes of Older Workers
A new study has found that older workers are as productive as their younger counterparts, and despite the common assumptions made by many employers, older workers are motivated and willing to work as flexibly as younger workers. Researchers from Essex Business School, University of Essex reviewed existing publications as part of the study, carried out on behalf of Age UK, and found little evidence to support the negative perceptions of older workers in relation to productivity, health, commitment and flexibility. The review also found that while there was some evidence of decline in some physical attributes in some older workers,…
Better kidney care 'could save up to 42,000 lives'
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Age UK study challenges stereotypes of older workers
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Cleaning and gardening voucher plan to help carers keep jobs
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Physical activity levels across adult life and grip strength in early old age: updating findings from a British birth cohort
Introduction: observational studies do not always find positive associations between physical activity and muscle strength despite intervention studies consistently showing that exercise improves strength in older adults. In previous analyses of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), the 1946 British birth cohort, there was no evidence of an association between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) across adulthood and grip strength at age 53. This study tested the hypothesis that cumulative benefits of LTPA across mid-life on grip strength will have emerged by age 60–64.
Methods: data from the MRC NSHD were used to investigate the associations between LTPA at ages 36, 43, 53 and 60–64 and grip strength at 60–64. Linear regression models were constructed to examine the effect of activity at each age separately and as a cumulative score, including adjustment for potential confounders and testing of life course hypotheses.
Results: there were complete longitudinal data available for 1,645 participants. There was evidence of a cumulative effect of LTPA across mid-life on grip strength at 60–64. Compared with the third of participants who reported the least LTPA participation across the four time points, those in the top third had on average 2.11 kg (95% CI: 0.88, 3.35) stronger grip after adjustments.
Conclusions: increased levels of LTPA across mid-life were associated with stronger grip at age 60–64, in both men and women. As these associations have emerged since age 53, it suggests that LTPA across adulthood may prevent decline in grip strength in early old age.
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