Background 'Active ageing'has been promoted as a strategy for extending quality of life and
healthy life expectancy. However, there is limited evidence from nationally representative …

Background As people are living longer, they are being encouraged to work longer. While it
is assumed that extended employment will be good for health, the evidence has been …

Background The factors influencing one's choice to retire vary, with financial and health
considerations being some of the main factors impacting or associated with people's timing …

Objective: to identify perceptions of, and associations with, active ageing among ethnically
diverse and homogeneous samples of older people in Britain. Design and setting: cross …

Background Given the current policy emphasis in many Western societies on extending
working lives, we investigated the health effects of being in paid work beyond state pension …

Increasing evidence suggests that different patterns of activity participation confer several
positive well-being outcomes through the later years of life. The aim of the present study is to …

Background It is important to determine whether unhealthy behaviours might influence
transitions out of employment from midlife to old age, given the anticipated need for adults to …

Aims: As populations are ageing worldwide, it is important to identify strategies to promote
successful ageing. We investigate how working conditions throughout working life are …

There is increasing recognition that disadvantaged work and employment conditions over
the life course, including psychosocial stress at work, have negative long-term effects on …

Background Population aging increases the need for knowledge on positive aspects of
aging, and contributions of older people to their own wellbeing and that of others. We …