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Planning Your Future

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Whether you're 50 or 75, retired or about to retire, you need a plan. What are you going to do with the rest of your life?

Have you saved enough for retirement? When will you retire? How will you make sure your money lasts? And what will you do with all that time you suddenly have?

It's also important to make sure you have a plan for your long-term health needs. Read on to learn more about planning your future.

• Medical and Long-Term Care
• Money
• Work-Life Issues

Additional Resources

Publications

1.   Age Page: Getting Your Affairs in Order — This brochure discusses the steps you can take to prepare for the future. In addition, it includes information about important legal documents such as wills and trusts, advanced directives, power of attorney, and living wills.

   http://www.niapublications.org/agepages/affairs.asp

2.   Legal and Financial Issues: A List of Resources — Families face a variety of challenges when a loved one develops Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or a related disorder, including coping with legal and financial issues. This resource list provides an overview of helpful brochures, handbooks, tool kits, and other materials to help people with AD and their caregivers make appropriate decisions.

   http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/legal.htm

3.   Planning for End-of-Life Care Decisions — By deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy, you can help those close to you make the right choices when the time comes. This article discusses ways in which to make this transition as smooth as possible.

   http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/endoflife/08_planning.htm.htm...

4.   There’s No Place Like Home—For Growing Old — Common concerns for older people include wanting to stay in their homes. And, you may share an often-heard wish—“I want to stay in my own home!” The good news is that with the right help from this publication, you might be able to do just that.

   http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/stayinghome.htm

Organizations

1.   National Institute on Aging, NIH, HHS
2. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
3. Caring Connections

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Content last updated March 5, 2009.