The state of health as a factor affecting the work activity of working elderly people

Currently, there is an increase in the number of elderly residents in the world community. The researchers note the progressive aging of the working population long with the existing unfavorable demographic trends and a number of socio-economic changes. Thus, many countries have made a push to increase the level of employment among people of the "third age". In addition, many states have raised the official retirement age for both men and women. However, economic measures, primarily raising the official retirement age, will be successful only if employees are able to perform labor functions productively and maintain their physical and mental health at the stage before retirement. The analytical review presents an analysis of modern foreign and domestic literature, where scientists publish works devoted to the study of the degree of influence of health indicators on the labor activity of working elderly people. Scientists have identified the main factors affecting the performance of an elderly person with the help of studies conducted in different countries. At the same time, the elderly have an increase in acute and(or) chronic diseases, which adversely affects their level of performance. Whereas physical and social activity significantly contributes to reducing the incidence of persons of the "third age".

Contribution:
Anishchenko E.B. — сoncept and design of the study, data collection and processing, text writing, editing;
Trankovskaya L.V. — сoncept and design of the study, editing;
Vazhenina A.A. — text writing;
Tarasenko G.A. — data collection and processing.

Funding. The study had no funding.

Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interests.

Received: 28.05.2022 / Accepted: 14.04.2022 / Published: 25.06.2022

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