Productive Aging and Work Resources

NIOSH resources

Bulletins

Clearing Up Myths About Older Workers While Understanding and Supporting an Aging Workforce

Learn about the National Center for Productive Aging and Work and protecting the aging workforce.

A Framework for Productive Aging and Work

NIOSH developed a 4-element conceptual framework for productive aging that could be applied to work.

Safer and Healthier at Any Age: Strategies for an Aging Workforce

Strategies that support a more competitive, sustainable and safer workforce for workers of all ages.

Fact Sheet

Older Drivers in the Workplace: How Employers and Workers Can Prevent Crashes

Describes age-related changes that may affect older workers’ driving and how to prevent crashes.

May 18, 2016

Training

Age Awareness Training for Miners

Explains how to reduce the risk of injury among miners from age-related changes.

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Reports

Falls Among Persons Aged ≥65 Years With and Without Severe Vision Impairment state level prevalence of falls among older persons with vision impairment.

2011 MMWR article on non-fatal injuries among older workers - An analysis of non-fatal injury data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

Select partner resources

Some Best Practices and Strategies for Engaging and Retaining Older Workers - Highlights issues discussed in a U.S. Government Accountability Office forum on engaging and retaining older workers.

Supporting Aging Workers: Overcoming Workplace Ageism- Discusses examples of common and socially acceptable ageist beliefs. Examines the consequences of workplace ageism and management strategies for combatting ageism.

Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages | National Academies- Focuses on the characteristics and experiences associated with working at older ages. It also focuses on the social and structural factors that inhibit or enable employment among these workers.