Laid off from my turboprop job mid 2008; then went back to contract Aerospace Engineering. Now doing a bit of part time instructing for a few private syndicates (differences training and check outs) on the side, its not a massive amount of flying but certainly get to fly stuff more interesting than you find at the average flying club.
Don't worry about age anyone, the two ways to get jobs 1) net working / knowing the right people 2) Paying for rating + line hours. These have nothing to do with age. I have known plenty of colleagues who got their first flying job in their late thirties to mid forties. Even knew two long term time part time instructors who got offered air taxi work when in their fifties.