We're a married couple in our 80s, and both still have to work. We can't stand just sitting at home with nothing to do.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Jack and Ardith Weber
Jack and Ardith Weber both work into their 80s.

Ardith Weber

An Alzheimer's researcher shares 1 daily supplement and 1 mantra he recommends to everyone for brain health

Tech Insider : Business
Dr. Rudolph Tanzi
Dr. Rudolph Tanzi takes multiple supplements to reduce brain aging.

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

They're in their 80s, still working, and living paycheck to paycheck

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Sandy McConnell and June Boyd
Sandy McConnell (left) and June Boyd (right) both work out of financial necessity.

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After a tedious week of squinting at spreadsheets, Sandy McConnell, 80, makes her way to a restaurant in Nevada for a monthly lunch with former colleagues.

The app will see you now: New AI scans faces to predict diseases, disorders, and early death

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A woman's face
 

Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

I'm 85 and looking for work but no one will hire me. I just need to pay the bills — I'm an old girl, but I'm not a dead girl.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Pat Fagin Scott in her couch at home
Pat Fagin Scott, 85, has navigated unemployment after decades of well-paying jobs.

Alyssa Schukar for BI

What work looks like in your 80s for half a million Americans

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Photo collage of a construction worker in her older years
Nearly 550,000 Americans 80 and older are still working, and the number is rising.

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Harvey Mendelson is no stranger to reinvention.

I'm 81 and work at Trader Joe's to help pay off $70,000 in debt and launch a business. I don't want to be treated like I'm an old person.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Politics
Dianne Michels
Dianne Michels, 81, works at Trader Joe's while starting a consulting business.

Dianne Michels

A longevity researcher who lived in the forest for 3 years says he shaved a decade off his biological age — and his family loved the lifestyle

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
david holding up kid by legs, playing by the campfire
David Furman studies how the immune system ages.

David Furman

About 10 years ago, David Furman realized something had to change.

They've been retired for 2 decades — and have learned to make the most of their golden years

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Travel
Bernita at her Table
Bernita Clark, 82, makes costumes for her daughter's 12-foot-tall skeleton.

Michael Starghill, Jr. for BI

Sitting at her sewing machine, Bernita Clark, 82, guides a piece of blue fabric as the needle bobs up and down. To her side sit scissors, measuring tape, thread, and a skull.

My aging parents are in Hong Kong and I'm in LA. I recently dropped everything to spend 3 months caring for them, leaving my own family behind.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Senior man walking with a cane and caregiver in a park.
Caring for aging parents is hard, especially if they live in another country. I'm glad I can be there for them when they need me though. (author not pictured)

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