Old Age Labour in Florida
Back to work in the Sunshine State; the dream of retiring in sunny Florida turns into a harsh struggle for survival for an increasing number of elderly who are forced back into working.

Retirement is no longer an option for millions of retirees. About ten percent of all seniors live under the poverty line. Many more have enough to survive, but not enough for anything else. For the first time, poverty is not only affecting minorities but also the white middle-class. They lost...
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  • Arnold Trinkoff, 79, works as a security guard at the Pines, an affluent gated community in Boca Raton, Florida. Earning $7.50 an hour he cannot afford to retire.
  • Ella Yontz has been working at the Oceanside Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale for 30 years. She is 75 years old. She works a ten hour shift each day...Getting by tips only she makes 30 dollars on a regular day, or 70 dollars on a good day.
  • Laszlo Racz, 75, is packing groceries at a Publix supermarket in Fort Lauderdale. He just recovered from a triple-bypass surgery. Because he had no health insurance, he is left with thousands of dollars in debt. He makes 7 dollars an hour working four days a week at Publix.
  • Laszlo Racz, 75, is packing groceries at a Publix supermarket in Fort Lauderdale. He just recovered from a triple-bypass surgery. Because he had no health insurance, he is left with thousands of dollars in debt. He makes 7 dollars an hour working four days a week at Publix.
  • Luis Feliciado, 80, (left, standing) is waiting to pick up his monthly ration of fresh vegetable at Farm Share in Florida City, Florida. Farm Share is distributing produce to needy seniors and poor people. Farm Share is serving about two million families in Florida.
  • Barbara Hicks, 79, works as a receptionist at the Senior Employment Center of AARP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She earns 9 dollars an hours. She cannot retire because the medical bill for her arthritis and high-blood pressure pills are exceding the amount she gets from social security.
  • Barbara Hicks, 79, works as a receptionist at the Senior Employment Center of AARP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She earns 9 dollars an hours. She cannot retire because the medical bill for her arthritis and high-blood pressure pills are exceding the amount she gets from social security...Barbara used to work as a modell to show other seniors "how to dress for sucsess"
  • Dorothy McCreary, 79, has been working as a secretary for the Senior Employment Center of AARP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for over 20 years. She earns 9 dollars an hour and works 20 hour a week. She started working after her husband died and her monthly pension was cut in half. She is suffering from arthritis and has high cholesterol.
  • Dorothy McCreary, 79, has been working as a secretary for the Senior Employment Center of AARP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for over 20 years. She earns 9 dollars an hour and works 20 hour a week. She started working after her husband died and her monthly pension was cut in half. She is suffering from arthritis and has high cholesterol.
  • North East Focal Point in Deerfield Beach, Florida. A day care center for low income elderly.
  • Two senior citizens (back) take a class to become security guards in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ..Many seniors go back to work in the security field. The demand for security guards has increased tremendously since September 2001.
  • Miriam Adler,....security guard at Boca Point, a luxury gated community in Boca Raton. ..She earns 8 dollars an hours.
  • At the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Rosa, 66, is an illegal immigrant from Cuba. She is selling flowers at the crossing of Sunrise Boulevard and interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  • The beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Gerald Schelter returns home from a night shift as a hotel clerk early in the morning. ..Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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