Working Late: Strategies to Enhance Productive and Healthy Environments for the Older Workforce
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Department Name: Sch of Sport Exercise & Health Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
- Loughborough University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Medical Research Council (Co-funder)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Collaboration)
Publications
A Gibb (Author)
(2013)
Older construction workers: needs and abilities
A Kazi (Speaker)
(2012)
Opportunities to promote physical activity in the workplace
C Haslam (Author)
(2012)
Working Late: strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce
C Haslam (Speaker)
(2013)
Working Late: Strategies to Enhance Productive and Healthy Work Environments Across the Life Course
C Nicolle (Speaker)
(2011)
The Effect of Commuting on the Older Worker
Cheryl Haslam (Author)
(2013)
Working Late: strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments across the life course
D Gyi (Author)
(2013)
Organiser for Working Late (OWL): Co-designing healthy work environments
E Shanley (Speaker)
(2012)
Caring for animal care workers
E.Y Gosling (Speaker)
(2013)
Design for healthy ageing
| Title | Case study videos |
| Description | Complete set of case study videos and expert responses |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Dynamics of Later Life Working: Ann's Story |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Dynamics of Later Life Working: Jeff's Story |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Dynamics of Later Life Working: Kevin's Story |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Dynamics of Later Life Working: Luke's Story |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Dynamics of Later Life Working: Wilson Wong Expert Response |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Professor Alan Walker Expert Response |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Stephen Timms MP Interview: Dynamics of Later Life Working |
| Description | Online video |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Videos have now been used by a number of Universities and Business Schools as part of their teaching |
| Title | Walking Works Wonders |
| Description | Video highlighting the occupational health intervention |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Walking Works Wonders has now been funded by Loughborough University's Enterprise Projects group as a standalone service |
| Description | Working Late has raised public awareness of the ageing workforce, the facilitators and barriers to later life working and the benefits of multigenerational working. The research has also highlighted that age discrimination is still evident in recruitment, despite age discrimination legislation. Some of the personal accounts from the interviews have been presented as case study videos along with expert responses: http://www.workinglate.org/research/later-life-working/ Working Late has developed new interventions, resources and design solutions to facilitate later life working. The Journey to Work resource (available as a booklet or on-line facility from the Working Late website), helps workers to explore different methods of travelling and facilitates discussion among employees and employers. The Walking Works Wonders intervention was shown to improve employee health, well-being and quality of working life and improve organisational outcomes such as sickness absence and productivity. The OWL resource has 2 themes 'The body at work' (a suite of image and word cards that consider the body, equipment and actions when working) and 'Healthy ageing though design' (personal stories and design issues in relation to health and age at work). |
| Exploitation Route | The Walking Works Wonders intervention is now a commercial service to industry: http://www.walkingworkswonders.com The Journey to Work resource is available for use in organisations. The on-line OWL facility and image cards can be used to facilitate discussion of health needs with workers. The team have also developed a set of wearable devices to simulate age-related occupational ill-health conditions called SKInS (Sensory and Kinaesthetic Interactive Simulation) which simulate dermatitis, vibration white finger, musculo-skeletal disorders, respiratory disorders and tinnitus. They give younger workers insight into how these conditions would look and feel if they contracted them. The National Construction College use SKInS in their apprentice training and both Rolls Royce and Skanska (global construction company) have also expressed interest. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Retail,Transport |
| URL | http://www.workinglate.org |
| Description | The Walking Works Wonders health intervention developed as part of the Working Late project has now been developed into a commercial service for organisations in the public and private sector. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Education,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Walking Works Wonders Intervention |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Working Late team developed an intervention to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in workers of all ages. We partnered with the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and launched a national competition for designers to develop innovative ways of encouraging people to be more active at work. The winning entry was the Walking Lunch, which comprises a large map (1 metre diameter) which is placed in a communal area of a worksite. The map represents a radius of 1.5 km and displays the surrounding areas of the worksite. The aim is to encourage employees to use their lunchtime breaks for a local walk. When employees arrive at an area on the map, they might take a photo on their mobile phone or digital camera, and come back to the office to print out the photo and pin it to the map using tags. The tags have space for employees to record the number of steps taken to get to the location in the image and any other relevant information. This interactive map encourages other employees to visit these areas. Employees participating in the intervention were provided with pedometers and an individual (smaller) paper version of the map to track their journeys and make any notes. The Walking Lunch was trialled in 10 worksites across the UK and was very well received by participating organisations and employees. The intervention improved productivity and quality of working life and reduced sickness absence, providing economic benefits to organisations. There is now considerable scope for the Walking Lunch to be developed into a widely available product that could benefit many organisations in the private and public sector. For more information on the Walking Lunch see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKm9OsclNI |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Title | Walking Works Wonders |
| Description | Walking Works Wonders now has a trademarked logo and visual identity |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Trade Mark |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | This has facilitated the commercialisation and reach of the intervention. |
| Description | BBC News website - How Old Age Technology could help stop a demographic time bomb |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | News feature of the occupational health interventions n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | BBC News website - Office workers 'forget to stand' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Sitting time data presented at Division of Occupational Psychology Conference. The presentation generated a substantial amount of media interest, with the research being cited in national and international websites. n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | BBC Radio Leicester interview - Ageing productively through design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on Royal Society Pairing Scheme Recruited participants as a result of radio interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | BBC Radio Leicester interview - Dynamics of later-life working |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Leicester interview to recruit participants n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | ERA AGE FLARE (Future leaders in Ageing research in Europe) 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation Working Late: Ageing productively through design Cement Workers n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | ERA AGE FLARE (Future leaders in Ageing research in Europe) 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Identification of current occupational health strategies - COPE Occupational Health and Ergonomic Services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioner presentation Disseminated findings regarding occupational health strategies to practitioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | International Process Evaluation Partnership 2012 Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioner presentation - EAWOP Small Group Meeting n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited Presentation: Strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce - Health and wellbeing @ Work 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited practitioner presentation n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited RCUK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Science of Health and Wellbeing, House of Commons, London, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Invited Speaker at the Health and Well Being at Work Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - Birmingham, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited Speaker at the LexisNexis Butterworth's Seminar on Age Discrimination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - London, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Invited keynote speaker at the ESRC Festival of Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited keynote - Manchester, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Invited presentation to Nicky Morgan MP: Facilitating good ergonomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited policy presentation - Facilitating good ergonomics: Workplace design and wellbeing for the ageing population n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited presentation: Ensuring healthy ageing for construction workers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Health and wellbeing @ Work: Improving health and wellbeing @ work, NEC Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited presentation: Workplace Design and Older Workers - Health and wellbeing @ Work 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited practitioner presentation n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited speaker at 1st European Conference on Ergonomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - Quality of life: social, economic & ergonomic challenges for ageing people at work Bruges, Belgium Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Safety & Health Expo 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ExCeL, May 2013 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Eurofound Foundation Seminar Series 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - Promoting diversity at the workplace: a strategy for inclusion and competitiveness Dublin, Ireland Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Mayor of London's Older People's Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | City Hall, 21st November. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Invited speaker: Ageing in construction workers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation HSE's CONIAC (Construction Industry Industrial Advisory Committee), London HSE's CONIAC (Construction Industry Industrial Advisory Committee), London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Invited speaker: Solving tomorrow's problems today - addressing the challenges for ageing construction workers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk Invited talk: Cambridge Committee of Age UK Fundraiser Lunch Invited talk: Cambridge Committee of Age UK Fundraiser Lunch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - Fit for the Future Nottingham, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Keynote presentation: British Association Festival of Science in Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation Keynote presentation: British Association Festival of Science in Liverpool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Keynote speaker at RoSPA and TAEN conference on Talent Management in a Maturing Workforce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - Birmingham, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Keynote speaker at the MRC launch of the Life Long Health and Well Being Research Initiative |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation - London, UK Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Managing Chronic Illness at Work - New Dynamics of Ageing PhD Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Older people and the construction site |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation British Association Festival of Science, Liverpool 2008 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Research Staff Conference 2011 - Creating a Buzz |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Research Staff Conference 2011 Working Late: Ageing productively through design N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Research Staff Conference 2012: Research that Matters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Research Staff Conference 2012 Working Late; "Half-a-day" in the life of n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The Journey to Work - Business in the Community (BITC) Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to gain feedback on the value of the resource and potential for use in the workplace n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Working Late - Presentation to the HSE/IOSH Warehouse Safety Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioner presentation Practitioners learnt about the Working Late project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Working Late - The Impact of an Ageing Workforce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog Post n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.glassbeadconsulting.com/working-late-the-impact-of-an-ageing-workforce/ |