The disincentives to continued employment past age 55 need to be addressed. We need to look at social security and whether or not that encourages or discourages continued work or retirement. Businesses are starting to look at how to retain workers providing more flexible hours, part-time, gradual transition to retirement, etc. Large businesses are more able to have both of these incentives going at once. Computers are not going to go away.
Small businesses have different needs than large businesses.
There is a need to better match the skills of potential employees with the skills needed by businesses. Businesses need to direct efforts at employing the untapped groups in the labor force, including older workers. However, these benefits are difficult to implement in some industries such as the long term care industry. This and similar industries rely on employees following fixed schedules. Some things may need to be changed because of the decreasing workforce.