Yes, don't rule out dinner clubs, restaurants. I work 6:30 to 10:30, sometimes later if I choose and the circumstances are right. My gear stays set up for four nights, I get a fine meal. . .
Travel time is 20 minutes each way. If you work four one-hour nursing home jobs, you have to travel to and from four times per hour worked, plus set up and tear down each hour worked.
I actually prefer nursing home audiences, but as a full-time entertainer, I can't afford to work them here. Besides, I prefer my days free for fishing, golf, whatever. Nothing worth watching on tv that I can't record to see at my leisure.
I'd better add that you'd better be able to play a wide variety of music, what the audience wants to hear, not necessarily your favorites all the time. I get 10-25 requests a night. I never get tips.