Seeing many people working at ages 70+ I am thinking it is from necessity, whereas a friend feels it is to keep busy and is enjoyable for them. Any ideas from folks you know which it mainly is?
2007-06-08 15:49:54 · 17 answers · asked by healing wings 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I am 66, have no plans of ever retiring...what a bore that would be..I don't particularly like sitting around the house...no thanks. I like being out with younger people, new ideas, etc. I have noticed that people who retire also retire from life.
2007-06-08 15:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I retired at 55 and and at 57 I have the means to to all I need and a good deal of what I want. Even though I have full care and custody of an 8 year old, I am probably going to go back to work when she returns to school this fall. I find I miss the structure of a job. I never thought I would feel , for lack of a better word "lost" without a job. I will not return to the high stress type work that I was doing for the past decades. I think I might get something simple and low key; maybe a florist. Never thought I would feel this way, but there it is, folks. I have friends older than I am who still have to work in spite of poor health. The system is letting many people down, especially the very old and the very young.
2007-06-08 16:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both and neither. The older generation today was brought up to think of work as life. It keeps them young in mind and spirit as well as putting a few bucks in their pocket.
For some it is the financially security in today's overpriced society. Back when they started working, they were under the impression that Social Security and the companies that they devoted most of their life to would keep them secure. Now they find that the government keeps taking away that which they believed would be there. Many are still supporting children that would rather live off of them than make their own way.
For others, it a way to stay out of the assisted living institutions that seem to be the place to stick the elders because their friends and children are too busy with their own life to remember who it was that provided for them when they were growing up.
2007-06-09 00:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by in_the_dark_friend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is a little of both.
My wife and I retired at age 65,we planned to do a lot of things but found out that social security is not enough to live in the way we would like to live.
A person that I had worked for previously started a one man business and asked if I would like to work for him when I felt like working as sometimes he could not handle all the business,I agreed and now it has more business than he and I can handle so I am back working full time and really enjoy it as there is no pressure .
My wife is a nurse and works when she wants so it has made our life a lot better.
We feel better working so it is better than just sitting in the ole rocking chair and letting the world go by.
2007-06-08 17:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is totally necessary - price of everything. I had to move my parents in with me because they couldn't make ends meet. Social Security is all they have and that covers their health care and prescriptions and is about it. My father currently has Alzheimer's and if he didn't my mother would still be working to help cover just simple living. I think it is noticed more because the babyboomers are getting older so you do see more seniors working then before. It is called survival simple as that. Not all have a pension and retirement plan many are just getting by with Social Security and what ever job they find.
2007-06-10 09:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 60 year old lifeguard because I love it. Started three years ago when my husband and I retired from the rat race. I work at the Y to keep up my certifications and then volunteer as a lifeguard at cancer camps and arthritis camps for kids. Why sit in a rocking chair. Most of my friends work part time to stay active and be with people.
2007-06-08 15:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by Pook 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on their money situation. Lets say you have an elderly couple with one or both at retiring age that are taking care of a grandchild or their child and grandchild(ren), they may have to work to help support the ones they're caring for. If they're in debt they have to keep working, if there is something that retirement money just can't cover they have to work for it. I guess desire jobs are only done by the people who don't care what kinda money they get because they're doing it for enjoyment and not making money to survive
2007-06-08 15:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by Arei M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom is only 63 but she intends to work as long as possible and has no retirement plans out of necessity. She has trouble paying the bills as it is and I can't imagine that Social Security would be enough for her.
2007-06-08 16:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am working because I'm too young for Medi-Care and can't afford to purchase health insurance with my retirement income with premiums well over $1000 per month.
That said, I also work because I found volunteer opportunities unfulfilling and I enjoy the company of my work-mates.
I might quit one day, but not in the near future...
2007-06-09 10:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by BobAndrews 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 62 my SS is not enough so I work and the term retirement is not something I like to think about.
2007-06-09 01:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋