59 year old disabled wants to go back to work?

Question

59 years old on disability for 1 year.
wants to return to work
can make $26appx. hour at medically trained career job. I get job offers all the time.
My full retirement isn't until 67 years old.
I have heard many diffferant things that I should stay on disability and some say go back to work!
I miss my 37 years of work! my profession!
I think I maybe able to go back part time!
Full time might be a bit too much for me!
but I'm bored at this disability thing
I want to know financially the status how is that?
when I turn 67 will I just get what I am getting now in disabillity but it will be social security payments? or it will be more since I will have worked more and put more into it? or they go by your 10 best years??
can someone give me some insight on this before I take the plundge into doing some part time work??

Answer 1

you have had a taste of both worlds, do what you believe will be most benificial for your finnances, our health and your retirement.

Answer 2

I know how it is when a person wants to go back after getting hurt, especially if the injury is long term. I, myself am disabled and would love to have a good paying job. I'm in the ministry now and sure, the pay isn't that great but I get personal satisfaction from what I do. Now that most of Canada has abolished mandatory retirement, the work force is about to get a lot older because there aren't enough young people to take over where the older ones leave off. So, go ahead, give it a shot, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Answer 3

I think you should try going back to work on a part-time basis. They will cut your disability benefits, but you can try going to work and find out if you can really handle it.

I do NOT recommend you take a full time job right out of the gate. If you find you truly are unable to keep up with the demands of working full-time, you'll have to go through the entire disability qualification process again and that's no easy task.

Answer 4

Most moderate to large towns have independent living centers. These centers offer benefits counseling as well as other services. Follow this link and see if you can find a center near to you. If the one near you does not provide this service directly, perhaps they can tell you who does. The services offered here are mostly free. http://www.ilusa.com/links/ilcenters.htm good luck.

For all you nine day wonders who accuse people of "sucking up your taxes," know this...most people who receive disability income want to get off, but many are medically dependent (some drugs, such as anti-rejection drugs for transplants cost thousands per month) who must maintain SSI benefits or they will lose their medical care. And will often have to wait or be rejected from other forms of coverage because of the "preexisting condition they have." This translates into getting into debt for thousands of dollars, which in most cases will exceed what the person earns. So before you make thoughtless statements like this, have all the facts available.

Answer 5

First of all I think if you are able to work you should, nobody should sit around sponging off SSI or whatever if they are able bodied.
Second- the money you pay in will go into your "account" and if you continue to draw disability while you work you may get an increase the next year.
If you can make that kind of money working why aren't you doing it? Are you just being lazy or is this an injury?

**Just an FYI not everyone who is on disability deserves to be on it and not everyone wants to get off it. There are alot of lazy no good people who can't get welfare so they try for disability. So we are not a bunch of idiots just because we aren't sucking *** for the best answer.

Answer 6

try some part time work. You are allowed to make so much (I think 2$ for every benefit $, but I'm not sure about that) before it impacts your benefits. You will also still be paying in, which will increase what you can draw when you do reach retirement age.

Answer 7

The very fact that you are able to debate if you should go back to work, may mean, that you really don't need disability and are sucking off my tax dollars.

Go back to work and pay taxes like the rest of us for the other people on disability and welfare.

Answer 8

go for it, why not you're still breathing, you still have hands you still wanna work right? if no, why the hell you asking this question. if yes, go go go more power to you! don't let someone or something like your age control your life.

if someone tells you that you can't do it anymore tell them to shut up cause you got work to do.

Answer 9

you really should talk to a lawyer who specializes on the subject; it sounds too important to leave to what will likely be opinions and guesses here.

Answer 10

maybe you can talk to a worker and do it on a trial basis to see how you do.