Australians living longer but working in poor health in later life, research shows | Health
Australians older than 50 – and particularly those who left school before year 12 – are increasingly working longer while dealing with long-term health issues, researchers say.
An Australian study published in the August edition of Lancet Public Health found while people across genders and education levels are working for longer, those years aren’t necessarily spent in good health.
Researchers, led by the Aging Futures Institute at the University of New South Wales, took life expectancy and separated it into four periods: years working in good health, years working in poor health, years retired in good health and years retired…Continue Reading