Tomarevska O. Physiological possibilities of ensuring the overal working ability of elderly people

Anthropometric characteristics and functional parameters of respiration, physical working ability and mental capacity, psychomotor activity, sensory abilities, as well as the ratio of functional aging were researched among the elderly persons. Retrospective professional activities were analyzed in the surveyed seniors. Results of the research were used to justify, develop, and offer a method of quantifying the residual working ability amount of an elderly people. A quantitative characteristic of factors affecting the residual working ability were evaluated, including professional activity, family and household factors, health indicators, physical activity, nutrition, and the aging ratio of the individual. Persons over 60 years of age with a higher level of residual working ability in comparison to their other peers had a body mass index over 25 kg/m2. Using this method will enable prognostic evaluation of the working ability of the persons at retirement age, as well as regulate their labor activity, that would contribute to longevity and health preservation of the older people.