With Financial Security Fleeting, Seniors Have Work Cut Out for Them. Bob Moos.
by Moos, Bob; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 41Family. Publisher: Dallas Morning News, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Baby boom generation (1946-1964) | Older people -- Economic conditions | Older people -- Employment | Retirees | Retirement | Retirement age | Retirement income | Social securityDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Nancy Herring has turned her lifelong enthusiasm for trains into a job promoting the trolleys that run through Dallas. As a part-time employee of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, she recruits volunteers and leads tours....Herring loves her work. But at 67, she is beginning a new job when many other people her age are getting used to retirement. She, too, expected she would be enjoying a life of leisure after a long career in retail sales. Then she found she needed to supplement her Social Security and small pension and to cover rising health-care costs." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article examines the reasons why it is becoming more common for older adults to continue working in their "retirement years."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: With Financial Security Fleeting, Seniors Have Work Cut Out for Them, Oct. 24, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Nancy Herring has turned her lifelong enthusiasm for trains into a job promoting the trolleys that run through Dallas. As a part-time employee of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, she recruits volunteers and leads tours....Herring loves her work. But at 67, she is beginning a new job when many other people her age are getting used to retirement. She, too, expected she would be enjoying a life of leisure after a long career in retail sales. Then she found she needed to supplement her Social Security and small pension and to cover rising health-care costs." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article examines the reasons why it is becoming more common for older adults to continue working in their "retirement years."
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