Description |
xiv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
--For dummies.
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Note |
Includes index. |
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"A Wiley brand." |
Contents |
Working toward retirement. Looking ahead to your future ; Protecting your employment income and your health ; Developing a retirement plan ; Identifying retirement investments and strategies ; Grasping retirement accounts and their rules -- Making money decisions in retirement. Managing budgets and expenses ; Guiding investments and distributions in retirement ; Making important housing decisions ; Considering your long-term care insurance needs and options -- Dealing with government programs. Making your best choices under social security ; Getting the most out of medicare ; The state health care system backup: medicaid -- Estate planning : it's more than just dead people and lawyers. The basics on estate planning ; Eyeing wills and other legal documents ; Tackling the federal estate tax when you have too much money ; Focusing on estate taxes and the many types of trusts -- The part of tens. Ten common retirement and estate planning mistakes ; Ten things to know about working in retirement ; Ten (or so) tips to know about caring for your aging parents |
Summary |
Details what you need to know--making it the perfect book to shelve next to your diet and fitness library, so you can keep your finances, as well as your health, in peak condition. Whether you're new to financial planning or are pretty savvy but want to cut through the noise with targeted information and advice, you'll find everything you need to know about how best to spend, invest, and protect your wealth so you can make your senior years worry-free, healthy, and fun. |
Subject |
Older people -- Finance, Personal.
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Finance, Personal.
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Saving and investment.
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Genre |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Added Author |
Carlson, Robert C., 1957- author.
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Added Title |
Personal finance after fifty |
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Personal finance after fifty for dummies |
ISBN |
9781119724186 (paperback) |
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111972418X (paperback) |
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