Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers
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Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers

A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults

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Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers

A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults

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Over fifty, retiring and childless by choice?

Are you among the fifteen million Americans over fifty and childless by choice? Solo aging gracefully and a happy retirement can be yours!

Baby Boomers retiring: American Baby boomers are aging and fifteen million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in U.S. history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals as well as for society. Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers is a passionate exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers." It includes choices in housing, relationships, legal arrangements, finances and more – and urges the solo ager to plan for the future as though their life and well-being depended on it, as author Sara Zeff Geber believes it will!

Solo Agers aging well: In Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers, Sara Zeff Geber, a Ph.D. in Counseling and Human Behavior and a Certified Retirement Coach, coins the term "Solo Ager" to refer to the segment of society that either does not have adult children or is single and believes they will be on their own as they grow older. However, it's not just the Solo Ager that can learn from this book. Financial advisors, elder law and estate attorneys, senior care managers, and others whose clientele is on the far side of sixty will benefit as well.

Retirement and good living: With a compelling and readable style, Gerber takes her readers on a journey, starting with the choice for childlessness and why so many boomers were able to make that decision. She then reviews the role of adult children in an aging parent's world and suggests ways in which Solo Agers can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship building and rigorous planning for their future. Geber shares her expertise on what constitutes a fulfilling older life and how Solo Agers can maximize their opportunities for financial security, physical health, meaning and purpose in the second half of life and, finally, planning for the end game.

Retirement guide: Through stories and narrative, the author explores housing choices, relationships, and building a support system. You will learn about:

  • different levels of care and independence in various types of living arrangements
  • how to initiate discussions among friends and relatives about end-of-life treatment
  • 'what if' scenarios
  • who to talk to about legal and financial decisions

Geber's stories of Solo Agers are gleaned from friends and clients in a variety of circumstances. Each one demonstrates decisions and choices these people have made and illustrates the importance of thinking ahead and taking action now.

Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers is pragmatic and provocative, but softened with humor. Many of the chapters include worksheets or checklists, encouraging the reader to go beyond imagining and begin his or her own planning for the voyage ahead.

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Publisher
Mango
Year
2018
ISBN
9781633537699
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Personal Finance

Table of contents

  1. Praise for Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction
  6. Part I
  7. Chapter 2. Child-Free: Pioneers of a Generation
  8. Chapter 3. The Role of Adult Children in the Life of an Elder
  9. Part II
  10. Chapter 4.Happiness and Satisfaction
  11. Chapter 5. Financial Security
  12. Chapter 6. Good Health and Physical Well-being
  13. Chapter 7. Self-awareness, Meaning, and Purpose
  14. Values Clarification Worksheet 1
  15. Values Clarification Worksheet 2
  16. Leaving a Legacy Worksheet
  17. Chapter 8. Adaptability and Flexibility
  18. Change and Adaptability Quiz
  19. Chapter 9. A Strong Social Network
  20. Relationship Evaluation Worksheet
  21. Thinking about Relationships NOW
  22. Chapter 10. A Belief System Larger Than Yourself
  23. Six Keys to a Fulfilling Older Life Worksheet
  24. Chapter 11. Making an Income in Later Life
  25. Part III
  26. Chapter 12. Avoiding Loneliness and Isolation
  27. Chapter 13. Privacy, Autonomy, and Independence
  28. Chapter 14. Defining Your Most Important Criteria
  29. Chapter 15. The Early Options
  30. Chapter 16. Stranger in a Strange Land: Moving to a Different Country
  31. Chapter 17. Aging in Place
  32. Part IV
  33. Chapter 18. The Trajectory of Aging
  34. Chapter 19. What Will We Need?
  35. Chapter 20. Financing the Care You Need
  36. Chapter 21. Options for Receiving Care
  37. Chapter 22. Documenting Your Preferences for Care
  38. Chapter 23. End-of-Life Choices
  39. Chapter 24. Conclusion
  40. Resources
  41. References & Recommended Reading
  42. Acknowledgments
  43. About the Author