Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that may affect the lives of individual people in many ways. One of the most important outcomes may be work disability. Many people with rheumatism stop working in the first year of their illness and around 20 percent after three years. This shows a need for...

Carrying out a job while dealing with the pain and fatigue of a chronic illness can be very challenging. This website provides tips on how you can adapt your workplace with ergonomically designed chairs, desks, and specific equipment that can help to get through your work day without excessive pain.

The website provides information and help for young people living with rheumatism on following topics: What do they have to consider when choosing a career? How to deal with their rheumatism when writing the letter of application and how to prepare for the job interview? Young people will also find...

With the brochure wants to provide more information about rheumatism and at the same time to encourage people suffering from rheumatism to act. In order to better understand the workplace related problems, the brochure provides general information about rheumatism. In a second step support and tips...

This checklist includes questions on working postures of the back and neck, arms and hands, legs during sitting and standing tasks. It also gives examples of the type of action at a technical, organisational and individual level that can be put in place to prevent or reduce the risks caused by...

In Germany, 20 million people suffer from over 100 different forms of rheumatism, such as chronic back pain, fibromyalgia and arthrosis or inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis. Finding — and keeping — a job that works within the limitations imposed by...