Full social security benefits, now available at 65, will be withheld until 66 in 2010 and 67 in subsequent years under present federal government plans. Experts say this may help save the endangered entitlement program, and provide an added incentive for people to continue working later in life. Unlike Treloar, many elderly workers find themselves entangled in suburban commuting webs. For suburban residents who seek jobs at disparate work sites, driving alone may be the only means of transportation available to them. We see a dramatic drop in physical and emotional health that occurs right after losing the ability to drive.
Many older people work shorter shifts in the middle of the day.
This has started to happen in some metropolitan areas, like Denver, but we have a long way to go. But More People Are Returning To Part-time Jobs.