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Next Steps: A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of Your Life (The Best Half of Life)

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I have read the Next Steps column for years in my local newspaper, and was happy to learn the authors have now written a book. This is a book on how to prepare for "successful aging," and it's full of information that I need right now, as I am 61 and planning to retire in the next year or two. The chapter on health care planning was especially useful to me. Baby Boomers need to read this.

Breezy and easy to read and straight on point, helps anyone with a situation you (elderly) may be in or like me (with elderly parents) this book funnels all the blather on how to arrange a simple and straight forward plan. This book comes from their columns which you can get going back into the 90s at the book's title plus adding .com to it. These two know what they are writing about.

Your retirement is your statement that you are set for life, but without being smart about it, that's a tougher statement to make than ever. "Next Step: A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of Your Life" is a guide for readers entering their golden years and want their retirement to act as if is, so they can stay retired through their retirement years and make it so money is the last thing on their minds. Medical care, divorce, nursing homes, and many more elements of twilight life, "Next Step" is .a choice pick for those who want to be fully prepared.

Next Steps is a must read book for anyone 20 and above who wants to establish a plan for the best years of their life. Although many of us wait too long, the earlier one gets started the better life they will likely have in their senior years. The authors of Next Step believe in the team approach to planning, and rightly so. With a myriad of topics and potential situations to consider, a knowledgeable team of experts helps us stay on point in our planning process.

Next Steps establishes a detailed map to follow. We will then be guided further by the team we set up for ourselves or our loved ones. Not only are our senior needs discussed, but the topics of divorce issues, multiple marriages, cohabitation and domestic partnerships, and planning for our pets are also included. All in all, a great book for all ages.

A special thanks to Linden Press for providing a complimentary copy for me to review.

Next Steps: A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of Your Life (The Best Half of Life)

This book is chock-full of valuable and pithy information for most baby-boomers, especially those with elderly parents/in-laws. The sections dealing with long-term care planning, durable health care power of attorney and Medicare and Medicaid were especially helpful to my spouse and me. We purchased several to give to family members as Christmas gifts!!