Abstract
AbstractThis review outlines the problems associated with retirement and some of the vital factors in their solution. A study of the psychological aspects indicates that often psychiatric illness is diagnosed in elderly persons when the real issue is low morale. Retirement is discussed under the headings of timing, type (compulsory or voluntary), programs, mental health, self‐employment, retirement occupations, preventive medicine, and medico‐social aspects.Society must strive to attain a goal in which each older worker approaching the stage of retirement is afforded the opportunity to choose between an economically secure and purposeful role in retirement, or a similar role in employment if he is able and willing to work. This objective can be achieved only when there is a flexible program for retirement with adequate pension plans, both public and private, and a pre‐retirement program which assists older workers to prepare adequately for constructive roles in retirement.
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