Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers - by Sara Geber (Paperback)

About the Book

A preeminent retirement and aging expert offers a revolutionary guide to second and even third acts for aging generations are are single, divorced, childless or who live long distance from family. What You'll Learn From This Book: - A life-planning checklist for Solo Agers - Stories of other Solo Agers successfully meeting retirement and aging challenges - Guidelines for developing a strong social network and avoiding isolation and loneliness - Specific ways to achieve financial security, including making an income in later life - Tips for maintaining good health and physical well-being throughout life - A formula for deciding where to live in retirement and later life - A tool for evaluating housing options - Obstacles to aging-in-place and checklist for home modifications - A comprehensive guide for advance planning - legal, financial, and personal

Book Synopsis

A preeminent retirement and aging expert offers a revolutionary guide to second and even third acts for aging generations are are single, divorced, childless or who live long distance from family. What You'll Learn From This Book: - A life-planning checklist for Solo Agers - Stories of other Solo Agers successfully meeting retirement and aging challenges - Guidelines for developing a strong social network and avoiding isolation and loneliness - Specific ways to achieve financial security, including making an income in later life - Tips for maintaining good health and physical well-being throughout life - A formula for deciding where to live in retirement and later life - A tool for evaluating housing options - Obstacles to aging-in-place and checklist for home modifications - A comprehensive guide for advance planning - legal, financial, and personal

From the Back Cover

A PLAN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE What are the later life options for "Solo Agers"--adults over fifty who do not have adult children or are alone for other reasons? 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 Ze? Geber, describes choices in housing, relationships, legal arrangements, ?nances, and more--and urges Solo Agers to plan for the future as though their life and well-being depend on it--because it will!