This is an unusually well written and justifiably sympathetic feature written about effects on the health of older workers who become unemployed.
One thing is noticibly absent from the article is the underlying cause -- that markets changed and these workers could not, and they suffered the consequences.
An except:
A growing body of research suggests that layoffs can have profound health consequences. One 2006 study by a group of epidemiologists at Yale found that layoffs more than doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke among older workers. Another paper, published last year by Kate W. Strully, a sociology professor at the State University of New York at Albany, found that a person who lost a job had an 83 percent greater chance of developing a stress-related health problem, like diabetes, arthritis or psychiatric issues. |