DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR AGING WORKER

Disability benefits are given to any individuals with medical conditions that limit their capability to do work. The progression of aging workers along that range of benefits is documented with data from a large disability insurance company. The data prove that older workers who tend to received short-term medical disability benefits are three times as likely as younger workers to progress to receipt of Social Disability Insurance Benefits, although a slight reversal of that trend occurs as workers pass the age of 62.

Musculoskeletal condition and Circulatory conditions are the most common basis of short term disability claims among aging workers.

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