The American workforce is getting grayer. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the number of workers between 65 and 74 years old will grow by more than 80 percent between 2006 and 2016. Economic hard-times are causing members of the so-called ‘baby-boomer’ generation to postpone their retirement runescape gold farmingplans.

At 70-years-old, Joan Hansen is still working. Born in 1938, Hansen could have retired with full government benefits at 65. But she admits being nervous about quitting her job as head a small, non-profit organization.

“When you think about no longer receiving your salary and wanting to still have a nice lifestyle, it does become a little bit scary,” Hansen said.
 
Hansen’s daughter died several years ago. She says she keeps working to make enough money to raise her 14-year-old granddaughter. “I do have a lot of expenses,” she says, “so with the economy the way it is, you’re just a little bit fearful of breaking off and trying to start a new life.”

So that she can stay on the job, Hansen keeps healthy