Posted on 04/24/2019 10:12:30 AM PDT by Catmom
Any thoughts? Personal experiences? Advice?
BTW, it's voluntary, pretty much not necessary financially. I've been getting an income stream from my investments and just signed up for Medicare.
Thanks.
I took a lot of the week end jobs too...it was actually fun changing jobs like that.
I guess I feel more guilty about it than anything.
I left home at nineteen and worked till I was 62. The decision to retire was not a happy one but my back was giving out.
Full time in my own business, retail, at 79. keeps my mind occupied.
Must be RN. Basically, that’s it. You’re not doing a physical assessment of the patient, i.e., VS, lung sounds, etc. You assess their environment and their need for assistance, based on their cognition and ability to care for themselves. It’s for long term care insurance, either home care or nursing home/assisted living needs. As I said, it’s very part time. Probably less so if you live in a large metropolitan area. My closest big city is Tulsa, about 50 miles away, and I was not the only nurse in this area, so sometimes I wouldn’t have any calls for several weeks, then I may have 4 in a month. There’s no lifting, no physical care of any kind.
Do you work through an agency or are you freelancing all this tutoring?
I am in a similar situation, so reading this thread has been interesting. For me, I think the right thing will be to string together a few opportunities some of which pay and some volunteer.
It’s your choice, and your life. I’m glad I retired in 2003, and never looked back. In my family, life is too short to waste it working when you don’t really have to. Now, the only thing I have to be on time for is my doctor appointments. Why anyone would want to give up their independence to be at somebody’s beck and call, and work under somebody else’s rules, and punch a time clock is beyond me. But have at it if you’re that bored, and think you’re missing something.
I just let my license go in December. I’m 67, and excerpt for something like these insurance assessments, I wouldn’t feel comfortable in an acute care setting. Maybe a doctor’s office, but around here, they only want LPNs, because they don’t want to pay anything. Another good option is home health visits. You can do that part time and get paid by the visit. Paperwork (computer) isn’t too bad, as long as you’re not a case manager. I did that before I retired 5 years ago. If you do Medicaid visits (advantage) the visits are one hour. Medicare visits are only 30 minutes, unless that’s changed. Since I was a case manager, the paperwork was horrendous,, but the actual work was not difficult. I’m extremely easily stressed, though, with a lot of anxiety, so I just don’t want the responsibility, I guess. If I had to get a job, I’d probably look for a telephone receptionist job. Which reminds me, insurance companies and case management companies hire telephone nurses. You might look into that. (Though when my insurance company nurse calls me, I never call them back...snicker) ;)
It seems tutors are in short supply due to our outstanding educational system (cough).
Check the want ads.
Good luck!
I have heard that some enjoy that so much they do it 3 or 4 times a day. :)
Full time in my own business, retail, at 79. keeps my mind occupied.
It always feels good to know that you kicked off a good thread!
Last year I posted one about the cost of replacing a water heater and it went on to about 200 replies!
Not in my family. I'm 71, and have already outlived my brother, and sister, and my mother. My other sister, and my father died at 74 and 72 respectively. I'm living on borrowed time, and don't regret having retired at the age of 56. I worked with many folks who were younger than me, and died through accidents, and illness. I worked for New York State Corrections, and when I took the job, the life expectancy of a Corrections Officer was 58, which was the age I'd be when I could retire. My goal was not to die while working for them, because doing so, would have been of benefit to them. By luck, in 2000, I ended up being able to get back into the original NY retirement tier I'd been in prior to getting married, having children, and taking the job with Corrections. Getting back in that tier allowed me to earn one month's early retirement for every year's service in Corrections. It equaled out to 24+ years, which allowed me to go 24 months earlier. Plus, I had prior Civil Service time in the retirement system, and I retired early with almost 33 years on the book.
Right after I retired, I had both knees replaced and had open heart surgery to fix a bad valve and repair four blocked coronary arteries. After healing up, the doc said I was good to go.
So I moved to Florida from Arizona and started raising Angus beef cattle on my farm.
I would never go back to working at a "job". It's over with. I stay busy and fit from working my cattle and maintaining the farm. I make some income from it but most of my SS and retirement checks are spent running the farm. It's my lifestyle now.
No hours. No boss. No dress code. No commute. I do what I want....or not. I've never been happier.
Find something you like to do and get involved. Stay busy and keep active. Working at a regular job just for work's sake is not the answer. Control your own destiny.
Nobody ever said on their death bed, "I wished I had worked more."
Use it or Lose it. Don’t die of boredom.
Retirement from work should give you time to do all the things that you never had time to do because you were too busy with work. If you don’t have enough hobbies or interests to keep yourself busy, then by all means work (paid or volunteer) will help fill your time and keep your mind busy.
Sitting around with nothing to do has a high mortality rate.
I retired nearly 4 years ago, and still don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do!
....”I would never go back to working at a “job”. It’s over with. I stay busy and fit ....”No hours. No boss. No dress code. No commute. I do what I want....or not. I’ve never been happier! “......
I can absolutely relate to that! It’s wonderful!
Once I retired I couldn’t figure out how I got everything done when I was working! It’s amazing how fast the time fills up fast with all the things you want to do......when you want to do them and on nobody’s clock but your own! It’s marvelous I gotta say!
In some areas driving a taxi is a good retirement job. Lots of seniors walking stiffly through my cab yard!
Hate to tell you the union is wrong
I just turned 64 and am in the process of starting a business. Sometimes I think....why? We’re comfortable. I’m bringing my niece and daughter on as partners and plan on handing it over to them in a year. I’m doing it for them I guess.
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