strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce

Ricardo Twumasi
Cheryl Haslam, Stacy Clemes, Hilary McDermott, Aadil Kazi, Myanna Duncan, Lois Kerr

Overview
Explore the dynamics of later life working
Develop and evaluate interventions to improve health and workability Develop design solutions to improve the quality of working life Six main components make up the work packages of the project

Working Late: Occupational Health

Identification and evaluation of current occupational health strategies 1141 survey responses 6 Focus groups 32 interviews 2 Focus groups High levels of sedentary behaviour

Working Late: Health Interventions

Implementation of workplace physical activity interventions 24 Months 1120 Participants Over 60,000+ step counts entries logged

Raised awareness of health monitoring and incidental physical activity

Working Late: User Engagement

Engagement with users to inform research process
Research presented to, discussed with, and modified by selected user groups

Working Late: Later life working

Exploring changes in age related legislation 109 Interviews 4 Focus groups Benefits of flexibility

Working Late: Through Design

Examining how design impacts on healthy working 843 survey responses 26 interviews 4 focus groups Half-a-day in the life of OWL Online resource

Working Late: Journey To Work

Explore the logistics of access to work 42 Interviews

Focus groups in four organisations

Online resource: Improving Journey to work
www.workinglate.org/research/the-journey-to-work

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A.R.Twumasi@lboro.ac.uk