How Older Workers Adapt to New Disability
One in four workers who are still healthy in their mid-50s will experience a disability in the next few years that will make working more difficult. Sometimes the disability stems from a sudden medical problem such as a heart attack, but many disabilities are just the accumulated wear and tear on aging bodies or chronic medical conditions that get worse. Whatever the cause, a new study in the journal Research on Aging finds that late-life disabilities often force older workers into early Retirement. Nearly three-fourths of the workers who experienced a new disability in their late 50s or early 60s had left the labor force before their full Retirement age. Among the people who didn’t have a disability, only a third had stopped working. The researchers also looked more closely at those with disabilities who did continue to work. Were they able to transition into a new job or occupation…
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