Hmm ... changes to the workplace for older workers! I suppose they mean dedicated parking spaces for our zimmer frames; adjustments to the office wear policy so that we can wear our tartan velcro slippers all day; corporate rates with the hairdresser so that we can have a blue rinse and shampoo and set at cheap rates; provision of day beds for our nap after Bargain Hunt; fresh tea at regular intervals made in a pot and served in a cup and saucer; ensure that everybody talks to us very loud, slowly, right in our faces and with their heads inclined; etc. That sort of thing perhaps? I'm 64 and happily managing to carry on working, full-time. If I needed any adjustments (which I don't), I'm quite adult enough to ask for myself. My mind is still active, my speech unaffected by age, amazingly my dark brown hair has only 2 grey ones so far, I can dress myself and usually manage to eat lunch without dribbling too much. I go out dancing whenever I can (ska, reggae or hard-house). As the government keeps moving the pension age goalposts further away from me, I have no alternative but to keep working financially. But actually I'm going to carry on anyway because I enjoy working.

In reply to Judy Williams:

I realise you're making your comments tongue in cheek Judy but I suspect there are recruiters and managers in the workplace who genuinely hold these stereotypes of older workers.

In reply to Anna:

I know there are. I got asked a couple of weeks ago if I thought I could manage a full time job 5 days a week.

This was while the recruiter was lookIng down at my date of birth on the birth certificate they had demanded I bring along as a part of their checks. While I am well aware that employers need to verify the right to work in the UK, it is also a jolly good way of finding out the exact age of the applicant at the interview.

As I said in a previous post on another thread, I could write a book about the poor practice I have witnessed first hand. My experience is reflected in the unemployment and economic inactivity statistics.