2019 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 16-23
[Objective] The study, involving middle-aged and senior nurses aged 40 years and older, aimed to examine the relationships among their motivation to work, sense of having something to live for, and willingness to continue working even after retirement. [Methods] The subjects were nurses working in nine hospitals. An anonymous self-completed questionnaire survey, including scales to assess “motivation to work” and “sense of having something to live for”, was conducted. The nurses were classified into three groups, and their willingness to continue working even after retirement was analyzed. [Results] The numbers of nurses in their 40s and 50s or older were 398 and 238, respectively. The rates of nurses in their 40s and 50s or older wishing to continue working after retirement were 34.5 and 40.1%, respectively. Motivation among nurses in their 40s wishing to continue their present job was higher than that among nurses in the other two groups. Motivation among nurses in their 50s wishing to continue their present job was significantly higher compared with nurses wishing to change workplaces. The sense of having something to live for among nurses in their 40s wishing to retire was significantly stronger than that among nurses wishing continue their present job. [Conclusion] Promoting work continuation after retirement requires not only maintaining motivation to work but also the use of tools to reduce the physical burden and establishing a work environment to complement abilities as a team, in order to facilitate working with reduced strength.
