Age begets experience which is a workplace positive. However, advancing years often mean a decrease in resilience and physical strength.

Blue collar oldies will be confronted with increasing physical exhaustion as their resilience and bounce-back capacity gradually diminishes.

Occupations like teaching and nursing – direct dealing with people – demand resilience and recovery time from one day to the next. These professions will for the most part drain their providers to a point of exhaustion bordering on illness.

The bounce and vitality these positions need are inherent in those younger in their professions. Working forever policies need some very careful thinking, including differentiation between occupations. One size does not fit all