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This programme looks at the attitudes of two women towards retirement and examines the problem of how the type of work engaged in prepares a person for the decisions to be taken at the time of retirement.
This programme looks at the attitudes of two women towards retirement and examines the problem of how the type of work engaged in prepares a person for the decisions to be taken at the time of retirement.
| Module code and title: | P252, An ageing population |
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| Item code: | P252; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 29-03-1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Clare Falkner |
| Contributors: | Tryphena Ashley; Robert Slater; Roy Ashley; Mary Jones |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Nurse; Occupational health; Retirement; Shift work |
| Footage description: | Bob Slater introduces the programme. He then interviews Tryphena Ashley, occupational nurse at a steel plant in Wales, about why she chose to become a nurse and why she became an occupational nurse. She describes her daily routine and she is shown conducting a medical interview and treating an injured worker. Bob Slater now interviews Mary Jones about her work as chief nursing officer for the Welsh steel industry and her attitude towards retirement. Bob Slater compares the way in which the careers of the two women have prepared them for retirement. Next he talks to Roy Ashley about his work and attitude towards retirement. Roy is shown at work in his capacity as a security officer. Roy and Tryphena talk together to Bob Slater about how they plan to pass their time in retirement. Bob Slater compares their attitudes with those of Mary Jones who deliberately planned a new life for herself upon retirement. Mary Jones talks about her decision to take up bridge seriously and how it has led to a teaching job. She talks about her work with housebound people and her work on hospital management committees. |
| Production number: | FOUP010D |
| Videofinder number: | 982 |
| Available to public: | no |
