Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Occupational health for an ageing workforce: do we need a geriatric perspective? | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Review Open Access Occupational health for an ageing workforce do we need a geriatric perspective Gerald Choon-Huat Koh and David Koh Address Community Occupational and Family Medicine Department Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine MD3 16 Medical Drive 117597 Singapore Email Gerald Choon-Huat Koh - cofkohch@ David Koh - cofkohd@ Corresponding author Published 23 May 2006 Received 23 January 2006 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2006 1 8 doi 1745-6673-1-8 Accepted 23 May 2006 This article is available from http content 1 1 8 2006 Koh and Koh licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Extending retirement ages and anti-age discrimination policies will increase the numbers of older workers in the future. Occupational health physicians may have to draw upon the principles and experience of geriatric medicine to manage these older workers. Examples of common geriatric syndromes that will have an impact on occupational health are mild cognitive impairment and falls at the workplace. Shifts in paradigms and further research into the occupational health problems of an ageing workforce will be needed. Introduction - the ageing workforce The world is undergoing unprecedented ageing and in many developed countries the workforce is contracting due to falling birthrates longer life expectancies and changing population demographics 1 . Experts have warned that if society continues to reduce the number of people over the age of 50 who are not actively working economies will suffer a cumulative annual loss of GDP 2 . Some countries like the UK are already introducing anti-age discrimination policies laws and
