West Needs Its Older Workers ; It Is One Thing to Be Forced, Because of Declining Pension Values and Inadequate State Support, to Continue Working Long After Retirement Age. It Is Quite Another to Exercise the Option of Continuing in Active Employment When Society Traditionally Decrees That You Should Be Putting Your Feet Up.

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It is one thing to be forced, because of declining pension values and inadequate state support, to continue working long after retirement age. It is quite another to exercise the option of continuing in active employment when society traditionally decrees that you should be putting your feet up.

But providing it is through choice rather than desperate necessity, there is much to be said for allowing older people to stay in the world of work, for their own benefit as well as for the good of the regional economy.

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West Needs Its Older Workers ; It Is One Thing to Be Forced, Because of Declining Pension Values and Inadequate State Support, to Continue Working Long After Retirement Age. It Is Quite Another to Exercise the Option of Continuing in Active Employment When Society Traditionally Decrees That You Should Be Putting Your Feet Up.

Here in the South West we have a larger proportion of older people than in any other region of the country.

The potential to make better use of this largely untapped resource is cle...

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