178 Designing training and instructional programs for older adults
whether the knowledge and abilities of older adults are commensurate
with the tasks’ demands; whether older adults would have the motivation
for performing these kinds of tasks; whether management considers older
workers the right t for these tasks, especially in the light of erroneous
myths that they may embrace about the abilities and tendencies of older
workers; and whether management believes the investments in training
older workers will be economically justied (Czaja and Sharit, 2009).
If organizational and trainee analyses do deem that older trainees
should be included in the instructional design program, it is essential that
these older adults are adequatel ...