Digital Health Coaching Programs Among Older Employees in Transition to Retirement: Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid increase of the aging population is pushing many national governments to reshape retirement legislation in order to extend older adults' working life. Once retired, older adults can be invaluable resources for the community as family carers, as volunteers, or by returning to work. Healthy aging is one of the main conditions for being able to work longer and being active after retirement. The latter, indeed, represents a very sensitive life transition, which can entail psychological and social difficulties. Interventions for promoting older workers' health and well-being and supporting the transition to retirement are on the top of the policy agenda of most European countries. Recently, computer-based and digital health interventions have been seen as promising

SUBMITTER: Stara V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545329 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature