A new study on life expectancy in the UK shows how the retirement age is rising faster than how long people in the workforce will be healthy.
In other words, Brits are here for a long time, not necessarily a good time.
The good news is that life expectancy is increasing, but outpacing the number of years people are working and healthy.
Researchers compared the age most people can financially afford to retire against a measurement called the 'healthy working life expectancy' (HWLE) and found a mismatch.
It indicates British workers are becoming unwell whilst working longer to receive state pension.
The new research reports that interventions in policy are needed with an aging workforce that is living longer.
The study, done in connection with Newcastle University, was published in a journal called Nature Aging.
Previous research estimated that 50-year-olds in England can expect to be healthy and in work for nine more years.
This raised questions over whether a sufficient proportion of people can work until they would be able to receive the state pension - and the new findings strengthen the previous evidence.
The fact of the matter is that Brits are expecting to work longer and retire later due to rising state pension age.
But due to living longer, the number of years over-50s work whilst in good health is not rising at the same rate.
This is further complicated by external factors, like caring for aging parents.
Professor Carol Jagger from Newcastle University, said: "This mismatch between the increases in life expectancy and HWLE reflect other findings on the greater prevalence of multiple long-term conditions in future cohorts of those entering older age.
"However, the increasing necessity of older workers, particularly women, to provide care for parents, can also have detrimental effects on their health.
"Therefore, as well as promoting good health and providing support and accommodation for those who already have long-term conditions, employers need to be mindful of the key external forces which can impact the health of their older workforce."
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