Retiring, what is that?

Well Lola, I'll think of you when I'm kicked back with a beer and friends in my rooftop nipa hut or lying on the beach. 'Cause none of us knows how long we have, and while the US is a great place to work, it's no place to grow old and die, no place at all.

gee thanks for the thought, anonymurse! hehe.

maybe i will stop working when i turn 70, but that is still so far.

hmm..moving to a tropical country sounds enticing.

lola

:gandalf:

I am looking forward to retirement at age 62, with a great pension and healthcare benefits, and then traveling the country with my husband and doing everthing I was unable to do b/c of the job and mandatory OT.

I will be glad that I have this freedom while I am only 62 years young.

Most nurses don't work into their 60's (I don't think??).

Some days I think I'll work until retirement age of 67.

Other days I don't think I could make it to 57!

I think the money will be better the longer I work, but then the freedom to do whatever I want, whenever I want sure sounds nice.

Most nurses don't work into their 60's (I don't think??). quote]

Actually there is a nurse at my hospital who is in her mid 70's and still working as a nurse! (doesn't work on my floor though). So it's definitely possible. I plan to work part time well after my 60's...but we'll see I guess. :)

Well, when I'm able to retire, the doorknob won't hit me in the butt on the way out!

hello my fellow nurses. i am an active, healthy 62 years old (don't look my age by the way) and don't plan on retiring soon. anyone with me?

lola2b, rn/bsn

:gandalf:

i'm with you lola and soon to be 62.

i'm with you lola and soon to be 62.

that is great sharlynn!!! don't you just love to share your knowledge with the newbie nurses? i love showing them the way.

Love to share my knowledge, but it's a little harder to tell a twenty something that I've been a nurse for forty years!

Do you have compulsory retirement in the US?

In Australia there is no compulsory retirement age, and I know four nurses who are in their 70's who work in home health, they love their clients and have high job satisfaction.

They are an inspiration to listen to. They have worked in so many different clinical areas and in different locations around Australia, including remote area nursing. They have been educators and senior managers, they know so much and are now just happy to be regular RN's on staff.

Hi

I'm 62, going to be 63 in a few months.

I have Arthritis in many places & am 17 yrs post bil. hip replacements.

Up until a year or so ago, I worked full time nites in a Hospital Acute care floor & part time Home Health during the day--I would make about 25-30 visits weekly.

I have no intention of retiring yet. Not that I wouldn't like to, tho.

DH is retired. I need the benefits from my job---ie, the health insurance. Private insurance would wipe us out, so until I'm elligible for medicare, I will continue to work.

If all goes as planned, I will continue to work full time here in Chicago. Then, at 67, I hope to retire from here. We'll hopefully move South, where I would like to continue part-time--in Home Health.

Of course, these are just plans, who knows how it'll actually turn out.

I don't really want to ever quit completely. I get a lot of satisfaction from working. Also, I think my joints would get completely stiff I didn't put them thru there daily paces!!