Tag: continue working

Factory worker

A majority of adults believe there’s better than a 50-50 chance they will still be working full-time after age 65, a new study found. The evidence suggests this goal is fairly realistic. In the study, adults ranging in age from 18 to 70 were asked to rate themselves on a 1-to-7 scale for 52 different…

web of connections

Maintaining a network of family, friends, or even golfing buddies is critical to cognitive and physical health in old age, research has shown. What wasn’t known is how work affects the social lives of older people. Does work foster social ties or limit the time one has to socialize? A new study by Eleonora Patacchin…