Evaluation of the Current States of Older Employees: The Case in Ankara

This study was performed on the older employees who work in small and medium sized enterprises in Ankara in Turkey. This study involved a survey consisting of 16 questions that applied to the employees. 61 females and 103 males within a total 164 employees who were aged over 55 participated in the survey. Current situations which were about the demographic structures, working conditions, problems of workplace and health problems of the employees, were determined by the survey. 63% of the employees consist of workers who were previously entitled to pension. Moreover 64% of the employees were aged 55-59, 27% were 60-64 and 9% were over aged 65. There are no female employees aged over 65. All of the retired employees stated that their salaries were insufficient to meet the needs. 13% of the participants were white-collar worker, 50% of them have worked in the jobs needing physical power. 20% of the participants said that they benefited from their previous experiences. 69% of the employees complained about a chronic disease. There were no employees who work although it is prohibited due to the health problems. 14% of the employees stated that they will continue to work even if they have adequate financial means and none of them were female. It is observed that generally older employees encounter many problems. It is observed that it would be wrong that older employees were isolated from their work environments by improving their opportunities. Absolutely it should be exploited from the personal experiences of these employees.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences as “Upstream” Determinants of Lifestyle-Related Chronic Disease: A Scoping Perspective

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine ◽

10.1177/15598276211001292 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 155982762110012

Author(s):

Garry Egger ◽

Andrew Binns ◽

Bob Morgan ◽

John Stevens

Keyword(s):

Chronic Disease ◽

Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽

Health Problems ◽

Lifestyle Medicine ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

Disease Outcomes ◽

Adverse Childhood ◽

Chronic Disorders ◽

Distal Disease ◽

Upstream Determinants

We have previously proposed a list of determinants (causes) of modern lifestyle-related chronic disorders, which provides a structure for the emerging discipline of lifestyle medicine. This consists of lifestyle factors with a common immune biomarker ( metaflammation) that interact in a systems fashion linked with chronic disease outcomes. We considered this to be a work in progress and later added 3 psychosocial determinants into the causal mix: meaninglessness, alienation, and loss of culture and identity (MAL). Here, we propose adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as deeper, or even more distal, disease drivers that may act directly or indirectly through MAL to influence later chronic disease. The links with metaflammation and the need for recognition of these embedded scars in the management of lifestyle-related health problems is discussed.

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Changes in autonomy, job demands and working hours after diagnosis of chronic disease: a comparison of employed and self-employed older persons using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ◽

10.1136/jech-2017-210328 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 72 (10) ◽

pp. 951-957 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maria Fleischmann ◽

Ewan Carr ◽

Baowen Xue ◽

Paola Zaninotto ◽

Stephen A Stansfeld ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Chronic Disease ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Older Persons ◽

Job Demands ◽

Working Hours ◽

Chronically Ill ◽

The Self ◽

English Longitudinal Study ◽

Physical Job Demands

BackgroundModifications in working conditions can accommodate changing needs of chronically ill persons. The self-employed may have more possibilities than employees to modify their working conditions. We investigate how working conditions change following diagnosis of chronic disease for employed and self-employed older persons.MethodsWe used waves 2–7 from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We included 1389 participants aged 50–60 years who reported no chronic disease at baseline. Using fixed-effects linear regression analysis, we investigated how autonomy, physical and psychosocial job demands and working hours changed following diagnosis of chronic disease.ResultsFor employees, on diagnosis of chronic disease autonomy marginally decreased (−0.10, 95% CI −0.20 to 0.00) and physical job demands significantly increased (0.13, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.25), whereas for the self-employed autonomy did not significantly change and physical job demands decreased on diagnosis of chronic disease (−0.36, 95% CI −0.64 to –0.07), compared with prediagnosis levels. Psychosocial job demands did not change on diagnosis of chronic disease for employees or the self-employed. Working hours did not change for employees, but dropped for self-employed (although non-significantly) by about 2.8 hours on diagnosis of chronic disease (−2.78, 95% CI −6.03 to 0.48).ConclusionImprovements in working conditions after diagnosis of chronic disease were restricted to the self-employed. This could suggest that workplace adjustments are necessary after diagnosis of chronic disease, but that the self-employed are more likely to realise these. Policy seeking to extend working life should consider work(place) adjustments for chronically ill workers as a means to prevent early exit from work.

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Arbeidsvoorwaarden en de gewenste pensioenleeftijd

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2011.024.004.412 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Marianne van Zwieten ◽

Jan Fekke Ybema ◽

Goedele Geuskens

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Working Hours ◽

Retirement Age ◽

Older Employees ◽

Flexible Working Hours ◽

Flexible Working ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Part Time Work

Terms of employment and the preferred retirement age Terms of employment and the preferred retirement age The present study examines how the satisfaction with the terms of employment among older employees affects the preferred retirement age. Two waves of data collection (2008 and 2009) of the cohort-study of the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey (NWCS) were used for this study. The results of this longitudinal study showed that satisfaction with terms of employment that concern flexibility (e.g. flexible working hours and the possibilities for part-time work) contribute to a higher preferred retirement age. It also contributes to not specifying the preferred retirement age. This means that employees who are satisfied with the flexibility in their jobs more often do not know at what age they prefer to retire than employees who are not satisfied, but if they do know they report a higher preferred retirement age. By arranging flexibility in the job together with and to the satisfaction of employees, employees can be stimulated to postpone retirement.

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS MINING WORKERS AND IMPROVEMENT OF ACTIVITIES BY THEIR REDUCTION AT ORE MINING ENTERPRISES

10.31089/978-5-6042929-2-1-2021-1-566-569 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

A.G. Chebotarev ◽

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Health Risks ◽

Health Problems ◽

Ore Minerals ◽

Research Show

Abstract. The article presents an assessment of the risk of health problems for employees of enter-prises for the extraction of ore minerals. The results of many years of hygienic research show that working conditions in mines and quarries have been and remain harmful. It has been established that at the enterprises of underground ore mining, the share of jobs with harmful working conditions is 78.3%. The levels of occupational morbidity for the last 10 years and its structure are given. A set of measures to normalize working conditions is presented.

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XI. The Relationship of the White Collar Worker and Unions

A New Endeavour ◽

10.3138/9781487583194-014 ◽

1986 ◽

pp. 49-54

Keyword(s):

White Collar ◽

White Collar Worker ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Working conditions and occupational risk of health problems in highly mechanized iron ore quarries

Actual Problems of Occupational Health: Proceedings of the Institute ◽

10.31089/978-5-907035-94-2-2018-1-359-373 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 359-373

Author(s):

А.Г. Чеботарев ◽

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Л.М. Лескина ◽

Н.П. Головкова

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Iron Ore ◽

Health Problems ◽

Occupational Risk

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Influence of previous work experience and education on Internet use of people in their 60s and 70s

BMJ Health & Care Informatics ◽

10.14236/jhi.v25i3.868 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 132-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muzawir Arief ◽

Sari Rissanen ◽

Kaija Saranto

Keyword(s):

Social Relations ◽

Work Experience ◽

Social Life ◽

Internet Use ◽

White Collar ◽

Influential Factors ◽

The Internet ◽

White Collar Worker ◽

Financial Situation ◽

The Impact

BackgroundInternet use among the elderly is influenced by various demographic backgrounds, social life and health factors.ObjectiveThis study aims to identify the impact of several demographic features on 60- to 79-year-old individuals’ intention to use the Internet.MethodFinland population data (N = 2508) from the 2012 IKIPOSA project was used with two cohorts: 60s group (n = 1515) and 70s group (n = 990). Descriptive statistic and two binomial logistic regressions have been used with the unadjusted effect and Forward LR method to measure each predictor’s contribution to the model. In addition, a preliminary analysis to measure the multicollinearity was performed.ResultOf the 18 independent variables, only nine predictors, namely, age, education, financial situation, having children, entrepreneurship, a leadership position, a higher level white-collar worker and a lower level white-collar worker, were significant factors in predicting the Internet use. Meanwhile, gender, having grandchildren, living alone, marital status, house location and type, stay-at-home mother or father, blue-collar worker, agricultural entrepreneur and social relations satisfaction were not significant predictors. The most significant predictors were education and age, which contributed 19% and 10%, respectively, to the model. Other significant predictors, lower level white-collar worker, higher level white-collar worker and financial situation, had less impact with only around 6%.ConclusionEducation and age were influential factors among elderly to use the Internet in their later life. Certain work experiences affect elderly people’s engagement with the Internet after retirement.

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