Working late
Strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce
Resources
Journals
Stand up, sit down, keep moving - turning circles in physical activity research by WendyBrown (2008)
This offers a very good and brief review of how the focus of physical activity research and recommendations has changed since the 1950's and also talks about the importance of sedentary behaviour.
The ageing workforce - challenges for occupational health by Ilmarinen (2001)
This talks about the impact of the ageing workforce and the issues associated withmaintaining good work ability.
Articles
The Guardian - they have run a very interesting series on 'Ageing Britain' and have a number of articles about health, exercise and the impact of later life working.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/ageing-britain
The BBC - this article summarises a study conducted in Sweden that looks at physical activity in 50 - 60 years olds and reveals that it really is never to late to start exercising.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7924615.stm
Websites
Health Work & Wellbeing - a government led initiative looking at health in the workplace and has some quite useful case studies of what different organisations have done.
http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/Default.aspx
Business in the community - has various resources about health and wellbeing at work
http://www.bitc.org.uk/workplace/health_and_wellbeing/index.html
Global Corporate challenge - This company provides pedometer based activity challenges where groups of colleagues compete against each other to walk the furthest on a virtual route around the world (the fee is £49 per person to join!).
http://www.gettheworldmoving.com/
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) - link to their section on physical activity in the workplace
You may find a recent debate at the RSA useful background material when considering your response to this project.
You may also find Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein a useful background read as they show that by knowing how people think, we can design 'choice environments' that make it easier for people to make better choices.