operative word is rich, not old. one in four people age 65 are in absolute poverty, and that is double the rate it would have been if we hadn t increased the state pension age from 65 to 66, so if you are a low income, if you don t have a comfy pension, if you have high costs, you will struggle to get back into work and find yourself financially struggling as well. at the moment you do not have an employment support system that engages enough people in this age group, and when they do you access those services, they often aren t very effective for people in this age group. we need much more to engage people, we need much more learning and activity to reach out this targeted support people in their 50s and 60s go back to work, we need morejobs that their 50s and 60s go back to work, we need more jobs that are flexible for those who understand the benefits for older workers for this growing and important part of our workforce.