Merit Prize winner, 19th Annual Mature Media Awards, National Media
(Book) division.
Written for older Americans, their Baby Boomer children, and
everyone who cares for an older family member, this practical and
comprehensive guide will help you build a strategy for coping with
the unique legal, medical, financial, and personal challenges of
aging.
Jan Warner and Jan Collins, America's trusted experts on later
life planning, put decades of experience into helping you create a
step-by-step plan to protect your assets, your family, your health,
and your personal autonomy in later life.
In Next Steps, you will learn how to build a team of trusted
legal, financial, and medical professionals to protect your
interests; what should be included in important documents such as
wills and financial and medical powers of attorney; the pros and
cons of living trusts and reverse mortgages; the basics of Medicare
and Medicaid; how to avoid scams that target the elderly; and how
to live with adult children.
You will also learn how to make the right choices in health-care
and long-term care planning, and even how to deal with the most
sensitive aspects of later life, including divorce, remarriage,
incapacity, and protection of your rights in a nursing home.
Next Steps: A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of
Your Life is a must-have guide to protecting your future, your
family, and your finances in the second half of life.