I am a 57 year old lady needing employment after ten years of retirement, and caring for my elderly parents.?

Question

Now I need some flexible part time work, I was for the most of my career a Medical Unit Clerk, and scheduling clerk, but the field has changed so much, and with hospitals mandatory 12 hour shifts thats just to much for me. I need to bring in about $600.00 a month to help my family, any jobs, or little business I could start, any ideas at all? I also would like to work in my neighborhood, but not on line as I need to get out of the house some too. Thanks alot.

Answer 1

I am 52 and presently disabled however if I ever get well enough to work again, I'm heading straight to the local employment office and put them to work finding and traning me for a job.I think it's a good way to see my tax dollars at work and be able to afford meds again.

Answer 2

Hi Patricia. I'm in the exact same position as you are. I'm 58, been retired for almost 10 years. Looked after my elderly parents, Their needs and affairs. Now it's time for me to move on. But move on to what??? I'd like to find a part-time job. But not too many employers want to hire a guy 58 years old. There's always work to do around the house to keep me busy. But I would like to get out of the house and socialize with people. Oh well. I'm sure something will pop up. Good luck in whatever you decide to do Patricia.

Answer 3

Where do you live? I am 58 years old and was recently hired by a Retirement Home in my area of Chicagoland. I applied to the Chicago area Program for Aging. It is an employmnet program or to be exact, it is a training program. They pair you with a non-profit organization and the program pays you (I believe it is a Federal program administered by the States) and the non-profit gets free labor in exchange for training you, and the agency and you work together to get you off subsidized employment and into the real life sector. Check with you Employmnet office in your area. Good luck, love and aloha and lots of chocolate kisses, Ku'uipo

Hon, I had been out of work for over ten years also. No one would hire me because of my age. But now I am earning $8.24 an hour up from my initial $6.50 with the agency, you can too. And I also have 2 other jobs that pay me $8.00 an hour. I work about 60 hours per week.

Answer 4

There are some great suggestions on here, already.

SGT Little Keefe's suggestion for the Senior Community Service Employment Program is a good one. However, it may not provide the flexibility you want. This is something that would have to be determined at hiring A couple of places that you can go to find information on this program are: The local Area On Aging office (sometimes it's called the Office On Aging or other things), it should be in your phone book, OR, AARP because they have a lot of the government contracts for this program. There are a number of smaller companies that have won government contracts for this program but it varies from city to city, state to state.

Yes, there are lots of websites for the Older Worker. Just Google it and you'll come up with a great number of them.

One emerging business you might be interested in is that of Personal Financial Assistant. Basically, you are a bill payor for seniors who no longer care to do this for themselves and believe me, there are plenty of them out there. Normally, you would do it as an Independent Contractor and pay your own taxes. I would also suggest that you get a performance bond from a local bonding company, for your own protection. This just makes good sense. Then you place an ad in the local newspapers, tell your friends and neighbors, and as word spreads, you have a business that you can be as flexible with as you choose. My friend that does this charges $10.00 an hour for her services of writing checks and balancing the check book. She will also do banking services, if necessary.

The medical profession is fast moving to longer days, shorter weeks in the clinics, offices and hospitals. It's my suspicion that the culprit is stress levels involved in the day to day business of healthcare. You might be able to get a part-time job or job share with another. The only way to find out is to ask.

Good Luck in your search.

Answer 5

r u good in english lititure and stuff....u said u were a medical clerk, maby u no anatomy an physics, u could become a tutitor...for kids in the neighborhood... that could be a little buisness, just post it in the news paper....make sure u have everything planned out... it dosnt even have to be teenagers if u r afraid of that u could work with elementry kids who have problems in school, reading or writting...i no u say u need to get out of the house but if u r constantly doing somthing like teaching in anyway (educational school wise) u will just fine...... OR maby u could do a daycare system u may or may not have to tweek the inside of ur house and back yard just a little bit...but i think it would be fun u could educate them, play with them, and also have little schduled field trips (u would need a small bus) sounds out ragious... but it would help the community a LOT i promise does any of this sound good to u? i hope so cause i cant think of any thing else :)

Answer 6

I recently went back to work and used a temp. agency. I was a bit scared, apprehensive, and this got my feet wet without any commitment. Also gave me time and work to figure out what's next for me. The other benefit was worked as I wanted to... able to turn down a job if I wanted.
Another suggestion is one of the elderly sitter agencies... Doesn't pay well, but again, it can be flexible and a great service to the community.

Answer 7

There are employment advisers for Seniors out there. I saw a few questions in just the past week, where people have identified themselves as such. There is lots of help available on the web. I picked these examples out from the ones that came up during my search...
http://www.employseniors.org/
http://www.seniorjobsearch.com/
http://www.doleta.gov/seniors/

Since the demographics of our society are changing, with the aging of all the baby boomers, it has become necessary to give job support to even this traditionally job stable segment of society.

Answer 8

If you have a degree in any field, you can substitute teach in most school systems in the USA. Most systems are always looking for subs, and it's a cake-walk.
I used to do it for peanuts in the late 70's, but now school systems pay 60, 70, 80 bucks for one days "work"
of 5 or 6 hours.
Any degree, not just a teaching degree, and even that might be up for discussion. Contact the school boards in your area.
You can apply for almost any job around on-line these days. Not just subbing, any job.

Answer 9

There are so many small businesses out there that would love to have your skills part time. IF you lived near me, I would hire you in a minute...I need a bookkeeper NOW! Bookkeeping is a snap, for most businesses use Quickbooks, and it is idiot proof....it just requires data entry, checking deposits against bank statements, etc. You are a jewel waiting to be mined...you don't live in Orange County, CA, by any chance, do you? I much prefer older employees to younger...older people I can count on..young people are hit or miss.

Answer 10

Check Craig's List in your area for jobs in the health care area and it will post all available in your area. It would help you to get current CPR/First aid and also unlicensed medicine assistance--these are required to work with patients in group settings. Just retired, I was on a preferred list for hospice patients. Not working for them but recommended by them for caregiver. Sad work as most die suddenly and you are the one with them but the pay is good. I charged hourly 12.50 and a 24 hour shift was 200. I also worked thru a large corp. Touch Mark, they provide caregivers. I also worked 40 hours in 3 days at a group home for mental challenged people, there were 8 and I cooked and cleaned and dispensed meds to them. good luck it will work for you.