'I think the U.S. has not done a good job of utilizing our older adults. The old joke was to become a Walmart greeter after you retire, but I think the opportunities are much greater,'
grandmother decided to step up for her community amid a shortage of lifeguards and is now certified to watch over visitors at her local pool – and just in time for the summer.
Rodgers, who is the president of the board of residents for her neighborhood, said people were truly looking forward to enjoying the community pool for the summer and griped about the limited hours due to lack of staffing. about employment in Japan and how the country was able to expand its workforce, despite a dwindling population, by tapping into a rich vein of willing employees – foreigners, women and the elderly.
"And I feel like especially now, with so many of us retiring from the baby boomer age, that there are a lot of us out there, we have a lot more to give. We are still useful," Rodgers continued. "I mean, we're here. We need to join the workforce and we need to step up." New research by Boston University economists and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says only 6% of U.S. workers wait until the maximum age of 70 to claim all possible Social Security benefits.
She ended up reaching out to her neighborhood property manager who contacted Jeff Blume with Cincinnati Pool Management, to see what requirements were needed to become a lifeguard. Blume said lifeguards are required to complete 27 hours of training, a physical test, an online course, and lastly, an in-person mock rescue test.
"Our class was made up of nine 15 year olds, two 16 year olds and myself. While the in-person training was not easy, it was very interesting and beneficial. I had taken all of the lifeguard training as a teenager and thought I had remembered a lot of it. Turns out, everything that I learned is now obsolete," Rodgers said.
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