Virtual presentation on results the HEAF study - Tuesday 25th April 2023

We are pleased to announce that our very own CMHW member Stefania D’Angelo from University of Southampton will be presenting on the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) study at the upcoming CLOSER webinar on Tuesday 25th April from 13:00-14:00.

People in Britain are living for longer, and an increasing number of older people are working past the traditional retirement age. HEAF is an internationally-recognised cohort study which was setup in order to investigate whether working to older ages is good or bad for health, and how often health affects people’s ability to work in different types of job at older ages.

Beginning in 2013, HEAF researchers sent questionnaires to willing participants from 24 GP practices in England aged 50-64, with respondents completing an initial baseline questionnaire and providing contact details and consent for successive annual follow-ups, as well as allowing researchers access to their health records. HEAF initially received over 8,000 returned questionnaires, and as of 2017/2018 there were still 6,100 participants willing to continue to receive an annual follow-up. The result of this process is that HEAF has built up a dataset following a large number of older workers as they move towards the latter stages of their working lives and into retirement. Findings from the study will be used to inform government departments (such as the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health) and also to advise employers about what can and cannot be expected from older workers.

The virtual event, where Stefania will be presenting the latest findings from this study, will be held online via Zoom and is free to attend. Please note, however that pre-registration is required.

You can find out more and register your interest for this event at the following link:

https://closer.ac.uk/event/register-now-introducing-longitudinal-population-studies-the-wirral/

We look forward to seeing you there!