Research conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London and reported in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that a good way of cutting the number of people suffering from age related dementia is to keep your brain active, the BBC reports. Each extra year of employment was associated with about a six week delay in the onset of symptoms.
Another good reason for joining Personnel Today in supporting the campaign by the Employers Forum on Age to force the government to commit to removing the default retirement age, I'd say.
Comments (1)
Thanks Sue,
I'm 29 and run a training company. I've had respect for age (lovingly) beaten into me by martial arts teachers who tell me, "You get old when you stop doing things, not the other way around." I hear a similar message from business mentors so am happy to see this post.
The other side of the coin that I've yet to see addressed publicly and I experience on a weekly basis is age discrimination against younger people in training and HR. It's one of the industries where it happens this way around too.
All the best from (youthful) Brighton
Mark
Posted by Stress Mark | May 19, 2009 6:11 PM
Posted on May 19, 2009 18:11