Hard Times After Being Laid Off and Made Redundant in my 50s. Now Unemployable.

I've been facing hard times after being laid off and made redundant in my 50s. Now in my 60s, I am unemployable being mostly unemployed for 5 years. No real government support or community support.
Being laid off and made redundant twice in your late 50s is something that is hard to restart. No one wants to give you a job. In fact apart from a few small companies also owned by older people, I have almost zero chance of getting a job. I've decided to abandon what I have experience in... 35+ years as a programmer and try and follow other creative adventures. So far, it's all fun and interesting to a limited degree, but no income is coming in, so the stress of my future is always eating at my conscious. To be honest, people don't care for my opinion or advice because you're old and you are seen as someone who should just keep quiet and retire. That's easy if your loaded with money. I'm not.
Losing your job the same week that Covid restrictions started was hard. More than hard, I mean impossible to get a job. That's for a person like me in their 60's.
I'm getting to the point financially where If I make a slip-up it's quite possible I'll end up homeless permanently.
I have a lot of things to say, but I don't know who wants to listen and on what topic. Please let me know!
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