Assessment and promotion of work ability, health and well-being of ageing workers : proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Work Ability held in Verona, Italy between 18 and 20 October 2004

 Content: Aging and work ability in the third millennium --
 New dimensions of work ability --
 The burden of chronic diseases in the elderly --
 How to improve the work ability of elderly workers: the European research project RESPECT --
 How do elderly workers face tight time constraints? --
 Flexible work hours, ageing and well-being --
 Working until 70, government policy, economic need and the role of ergonomics and occupational health --
 Extended framework for older worker competence: effects of cognitive complexity on performance --
 Factors affecting work ability and employability --
 Relationships between cognitive characteristics of the job, age, and cognitive efficiency --
 Gender differences regarding perceived difficulties at work with age --
 "This employee should stop working", says the occupational physician --
 The role of job alienation in work ability deterioration and unhealthy ageing --
 Some considerations about aging, shift work and work ability --
 Promotion of work ability among French health care workers-value of the work ability index --
 Work ability and perceived work stress --
 Perceived work ability and individual characteristics as predictors for early exit from working life in professional cleaners --
 Remaining in nursing work with a sustainable health --
 Shift plan reform in chemical plant POLYFELT as precondition knowledge management between generations --
 Workability and health of older academics --
 Occupational choice and vulnerability in late life: an example of women in the USA --
 Feeling capable of remaining in the same job until retirement? --
 Chronoergonomics and WAI in Polish physicians --
 Ageing in nursing: a ten year follow up study --
 Psychosocial work environment, well being and emotional exhaustion. A study comparing five age groups of female workers within the human sector --
 Qualities of work, functioning and early retirement. A longitudinal study among Finnish ageing workers in 1981-1997 --
 The development and psychometric evaluation of a multi-dimensional measurement instrument of employability-and the impact of aging --
 Evaluation of work related problems (health and performance) in elderly workers --
 Short-term relationships between working conditions, sleep and cognitive efficiency as a function of age --
 Physical work capacity (VO2 max) and work ability (WAI) of active employees (men and women) in Poland --
 Occupational categories and chronic degenerative diseases in elderly workers --
 Prevention of musculo-skeletal disorders in sedentary ageing workers by ergomotricity --
 The health and well-being of older construction workers --
 Immigrants with musculoskeletal disorders returning to work after a disability pension --
 Effects of car-navigation display positioning on older drivers' visual search --
 Work activity and ability in ageing patients suffering from chronic cardiovascular diseases --
 Computerized dynamic visual tests for workplace applications: effects of age and subsidiary issues --
 Need for recovery in ageing workers --
 Assessment of work ability in a hot environment of workers of different ages --
 Medical care and lost work day costs in musculoskeletal disorders: older versus younger workers --
 Task-based standards for lifeboat crew: avoiding ageism --
 Total work and leisure-time load in relation to sickness absences in the food industry --
 Aging of physical therapists: from musculoskeletal complaints to self-protective behaviours --
 Employees' work ability and company performance: a follow-up study in the metal industry and in retail trade --
 A physical model of muscle working to evaluate the work ability --
 Assessment of work ability in different work sectors --
 Life style, work environment factors and work ability in different occupations --
 Work ability index in a cohort of railway construction workers --
 Why healthcare workers ask for early retirement at a central Portuguese hospital: work ability preliminary results --
 Work ability in health care workers. Assessment of work ability and vitality-a study of teachers of different age groups --
 Managers' perceptions of older workers in the hotel and restaurant industry --
 Can the Work Ability Index also be used by non-medical professionals? A comparative study --
 Work ability among health care workers in the United Kingdom: a pilot --
 The Work Ability Index (WAI)-establishment of a German WAI-network --
 Perceived work ability and certified sickness absence among workers in a food industry --
 Predictive values of balance tests for physical work ability in fire and rescue work --
 Psychometric properties of Work Ability Index in the light of comparative survey study --
 Risk factors and resources of work ability in teachers and office workers --
 Working atmosphere, work demands and work ability of the workforce in successful retail markets --
 Elderly workers in chemical, energetic, sanitary and public fields: evaluation of work ability --
 Experiences of WAI in a random sample of the Swedish working population --
 The effect of age and time of a 24-hour period on accidents at work in operators --
 Promotion of health and work ability: socio-economic issues and intervention studies --
 Age related work load-a work environment intervention with a life course perspective --
 Sociability, life satisfaction, and mental health according to age and (un)employment status --
 Changes in life-style and function in 70-83-year-old subjects participating in a 1-year strength training programme --
 Lifelong training: between theory and practice: the example of a French training agency --
 An action research approach to work ability, health and well-being of ageing workers --
 Wake up call-Human Resource Management (HRM): an orientation on company models anticipating ageing --
 Can improvement of work and work process knowledge support well-being at work? --
 Method to evaluate the quality of work place health promotion in security organisations --
 Promotion of work ability at company level: intention and performance, dreams and realities --
 Can age management promote work ability among older workers? --
 Work profiles of open surface mine employees in South Africa --
 Promotion: age matters --
 Rewarding ageing employees-means used in the public sector --
 The value of work in younger and older adults' lives: an Australian perspective --
 Age diverse management and a method for age proofing jobs.