Boomers’ Health Benefits from Working
According to articles I’ve come across recently, seniors are more inclined to be in better health if they continue working after retirement age.
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Also, if they’re working at complex jobs, their minds stay sharper.
Many boomers have reached retirement age or soon will be there. This information about working and health may be a reason seniors/boomers consider their own businesses, whether starting one that will grow to the hiring of employees or be the expansion of a hobby into a home business.
Most seniors today, unless they already have existing health problems, don’t want to spend all their days in a rocking chair, as I remember my grandparents doing when they reached their 70s. Grandma did have a heart problem so had to slow down. I don’t recall Grandpa being ill until he broke his hip, but he could have had an illness a small child didn’t realize.
Boomers today are health conscious and attempt to remain active, involved, and income producing. It’s interesting that research is proving that there are benefits from their working.
What about you?
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Mary,
It’s so true that as the baby boomers age, we are seeing a switch from early to delayed retirement.
One of the reasons is economical (but let’s not go there), the other seems to be that staying active and healthy is made easier for many people by remaining in touch with your community. For most of us, our primary intellectual community is work-centered.
I think there needs to be more services that help coordinate the retirement-age workforce in America. Certainly, there are jobs better suited for their needs.
I’ve done a little research, and it seems hospitals and community health centers are not currently taking the issue seriously enough. Did you know that medical school graduates at most schools are not required to have had courses in geriatric care? That has to change. And, fast!
Who else has thoughts on this?
Cheers,
Jacqueline Wales @ thefearlessfactor.com