Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies - by Carol Levine (Paperback)

About the Book

"Consider healthcare and insurance options; talk with family about finances and other tough issues; learn about housing choices and downsizing"--Cover.

From the Back Cover

Choose the best options to live your later years to the fullest

Navigating Your Later Years For Dummies, Portable Edition, provides expert advice to help you make smart decisions as you age. Should you stay in your familiar surroundings or move somewhere with planned activities, transportation, and prepared meals? What should you do with your stuff accumulated over a lifetime? What are the signs that it s time to stop driving? What end-of-life documents do you need? The answers to these and other questions are deeply personal, and the friendly, practical advice you find here will help you plan for a fulfilling future.

Inside. . .

Thinking about your future years

Talking through your decisions with family members

Staying in your home safely

Cleaning out items you no longer need

Evaluating independent- and assisted-living communities

Managing your medications

About the Author

Carol Levine is a Senior Fellow at United Hospital Fund in New York. She writes frequently about aging, health, long-term care, and family caregiving.

AARP is the U.S. s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people to choose how they live as they age.