Planning a Retirement to Thrive On

In today’s world, your retirement may come sooner than you think. Many retire with good health, high energy and a desire to do more than relax. Thinking to the future and rediscovering your passions and dreams can help make this time in your life golden.

Both the staff and volunteers at WISE & Healthy Aging have demonstrated over and over again just how vital and sustaining retirement can be.

To help you benefit from what the experts have to contribute, we have put together the booklist below on retirement planning. The links allow you to purchase any of these resources that you would like to explore in depth.

When you click on a book link and then purchase the book from Amazon.com, a portion of the proceeds goes to support WISE & Healthy Aging.

Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes by William Bridges. Nothing is more constant than change in today’s world. Bridges discusses the endings and beginnings that come with change with tips and suggestions for making the most of the opportunities change brings. He discusses transitions as they occur with relationships, work and life in general. He emphasizes that every ending finishes with a new beginning.

Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map: The Leave-Nothing-to-Chance, Worry-Free, All Systems-Go Guide by Ed Slott. This book covers everything from insurance to asset protection to estate planning. This is a guide to managing and accessing retirement funds while avoiding costly mistakes. It is targeted at Baby Boomers and focuses on the savings they already having. Slot offers steps to protect, preserve and pass the balance (if any) of retirement fundings to heirs. Each chapter has worksheets and tools to organize and calculate the impact of his recommendations if applied.

The Complete Retirement Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Safeguard Your Money, Your Health and Your Independence by Peter J. Strauss and Nancy M. Lederman. This thorough guide focuses on legal and financial issues facing the elderly. The authors write specifically for those over the age of 55 or who have a parent over that age, as well as for people with disabilities. The book covers planning for healthcare needs, managing and paying for medical and long-term care, meeting housing needs, taxes and working during retirement.