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A Guide to Elder Planning: : Everything You Need to Know to Protect Your Loved Ones and Yourself, Second Edition / Weisman, Steve.
O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition Available online
O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weisman, Steve, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--Popular works.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd edition
- Place of Publication:
- Pearson, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- For millions of families, elder planning has become life's most important financial challenge. To plan successfully for aging, coordinated and knowledgeable action is indispensable. Whether you're concerned about your own future, your loved ones, or both, Steve Weisman's A Guide to Elder Planning, Second Edition brings together all the up-to-date knowledge and practical insights you'll need. Thorough, realistic, friendly, and easy to read, it covers all the financial, legal, and personal issues faced by seniors and their families. Weisman is one of the nation's most respected eldercare attorneys: through his nationally syndicated radio show A Touch of Grey and his books, he's already helped millions of seniors and their families. Now, he brings together practical insights and specific, innovative solutions for estate planning, investment planning, long term care planning, housing, Medicare, Medicaid, retirement planning, Social Security, veterans' benefits, asset protection, substitute decision making, income tax planning, age discrimination, protection from abuse and scams, end of life issues, and much more. From navigating fast-changing benefits programs to preparing healthcare directives, this trustworthy book explains it all -- in plain, crystal-clear English!
- Contents:
- Asset protection
- Senior citizens and credit
- Substitute decision making
- Estate planning
- Investments
- Income taxes
- Individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s
- Planning for the home
- Alternative housing
- Long-term care
- Social security
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Veterans' benefits
- Being patient
- Scams
- End-of-life issues.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Online resource; Title from title page (viewed January 16, 2013)
- OCLC:
- 841170790
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