Essential retirement planning for solo agers A retirement and aging roadmap for single and childless adults
Book - 2018
"Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers explores the path ahead for solo agers and presents us with a comprehensive guide for retirement planning. Through stories and personal examples, retirement expert and founder of LifeEncore, Dr. Sara Zeff Geber, describes choices in housing, relationships, legal arrangements, finances, and more--and urges solo agers to plan for the future as though their life and well-being depend on it--because it will!"--Back cover.
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Coral Gables, FL :
Mango Publishing
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781633537682
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part I. Preparing for the Future
- Chapter 2. Child-Free: Pioneers of a Generation
- Chapter 3. The Role of Adult Children in the life of an Elder
- Emotional Support
- Residential Decisions, Real Estate Transactions, and Help with Moving
- Investments and Other Financial Decisions
- Legal Representation
- Rill Paying and Handling Money
- Medication Management and Help With the Activities of Daily Living
- The Social Network
- Part II. Enjoing the second Half of life
- Chapter 4. Happiness and Satisfaction
- Chapter 5. Financial Security
- Chapter 6. Good Health and Physical Well-being
- Chapter 7. Self-awareness, Meaning, and Purpose
- Values Clarification Worksheet 1
- Values Clarification Worksheet 2
- Values Clarification Worksheet 3
- Consider Your Legacy
- Leaving a Legacy Worksheet
- Chapter 8. Adaptability and Flexibility
- Change and Adaptability Quiz
- Chapter 9. A Strong Social Network
- Relationship Evaluation Worksheet
- Thinking about Relationships NOW
- Chapter 10. A Belief System Larger Than Yourself
- Six Keys to a Fulfilling Older LifeRating Worksheet
- Chapter 11. Making an Income in later life
- Part III. Deciding How And Where To Live
- Chapter 12. Avoiding Loneliness and Isolation
- Chapter 13. Privacy, Autonomy, and Independence
- Chapter 14. Defining Your Most Important Criteria
- Chapter 15. The Early Options
- Retirement Communities
- Active Adult Communities
- Cohousing Communities
- Home Sharing
- Intentional Communities
- Continuous Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)
- Cultural Specialty Communities
- Chapter 16. Stranger in a Strange Land: Moving to a Different Country
- Evaluating Criteria for Living Outside the US
- Chapter 17. Aging in Place
- The Village Movement
- NORCs (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities)
- Part IV. Ensuring Comfort And Care In Your Oldest Age
- Chapter 18. The Trajectory of Aging
- Chapter 19. "What Will We Need?
- Chapter 20. Financing the Care You Need
- Long-Term Care Insurance
- Personal Assets
- Medicaid
- Chapter 21. Options for Receiving Care
- Continuous Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
- Assisted Living Communities
- Board and Care Homes
- Nursing Homes
- Chapter 22. Documenting Your Preferences for Care
- Advance Health Care Directive
- Power of Attorney for Finances
- Last Will and Testament
- Revocable Trust
- Long-Term Care Plan
- Ensuring a Secure Future
- Finding a Younger Support System
- Hiring a Professional
- Creating a Planning Kit
- Avoiding "Elder Abuse"
- Chapter 23. End-of-Life Choices
- Chapter 24. Conclusion
- A Final Checklist and Guide for Your Planning:
- Resources
- References & Recommended Reading
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author