to find out whether working to older ages is good or bad for health
and how often health affects people’s ability to work
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HEAF Updates December 2023
We hope that you are keeping well, and life has gone back to usual after such a difficult few years. Since the last time we were in touch, we have been working on data that you have very kindly provided, and we are excited to share with you some of the key findings of our…
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HEAF Update September 2021
We hope all our participants and colleagues have been safe and well during the pandemic.At the HEAF study we have been working remotely, so we have not been able to post out as many updates or questionnaires as we would have liked. However, we have certainly been busy throughout the period! Whilst we were working…
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New HEAF Online Questionnaire Starting Soon – Check Your E-mails
We will shortly be sending out an invitation to participate in a new online HEAF questionnaire. The invitations will come via e-mail if you have provided us with one, or by post if you have not. So please check your e-mails including junk folders. During the pandemic restrictions we’ve been busy writing scientific papers from…
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HEAF Newsletter 2020
It’s been a challenging year in so many ways and we hope all HEAF participants have coped despite the restrictions on our day to day lives. We have been busy analysing the data you have already provided and preparing the next phase of the HEAF study. All this and more is detailed in our new…
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HEAF study is now part of the CLOSER consortium
We’re excited to announce that the HEAF study is now part of the CLOSER consortium. This partnership brings together data from 19 different studies in a UK-wide collaboration. The connected data will allow enhanced insights into a wide range of topics including obesity, physical activity and mental health. The collaboration also brings together an interdisciplinary…
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HEAF FIRST Questionnaires Launched
We are excited to announce that the Health and Employment After Fifty: Factors Influencing Retirement Study (HEAF FIRST) questionnaires are ready to be posted out. This is a sub-study of HEAF designed to find out the work-related factors that may influence people’s decision to retire or to continue working into older ages. There’s two questionnaires…
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HEAF Researchers at PREMUS conference
Five of the HEAF research team have just returned to the UK after attending the major international PREMUS (Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders) conference that was held in Bologna, Italy. Delegates attended from far and wide: Europe, Australia, North and South America, India and the Far East and included both research scientists and health professionals.…
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HEAF 2019 Newsletter now available
Keep up to date with the latest news from the HEAF study team. It’s been an exciting year for the HEAF study. Although we didn’t send a questionnaire last year we’ve been busy analysing the data our participants have provided and presenting that data at talks throughout the country. We also have some wonderful news…
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HEAF Follow-up 5 Mail Out
HEAF follow-up 5 is now ready for mail-out! The latest questionnaire will provide more data for our ongoing study enabling us to get an even better understanding of work and life outside of work after 50. We value our participants help whether they are at work or not. As well as the questionnaire there will…
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HEAF FIRST Sub-study launched
Today we are pleased to officially commence the HEAF FIRST (Factors influencing Retirement) Study This study aims to find out the work-related factors that influence people’s decision to retire or to continue working into older ages with the HEAF cohort. We also aim to look at what employers can do to ensure that people are…