Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults

American Baby boomers are aging and over fifteen million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in U.S. history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals as well as for society. Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers is a passionate exploration of the path ahead for “Solo Agers.” Retirement expert and founder of LifeEncore, Dr. Sara Zeff Geber, provides a comprehensive handbook for planning your retirement with many tips for course corrections, when necessary. Through stories and personal examples, Sara describes choices in housing, relationships, legal arrangements, finances and more – and urges the solo ager to plan for the future as though their life and well-being depended on it. And it will!“Solo Agers” are the segment of society that either does not have adult children or is single and believes they will be on their own as they grow older. However, it’s not just the Solo Ager that can learn from this book. Financial advisors, elder law and estate attorneys, senior care managers, and others whose clientele is on the far side of fifty will benefit as well. With a compelling and readable style, author Sara Geber takes readers on a journey, starting with the choice for childlessness and why so many boomers were able to make that decision. She then reviews the role of adult children in an aging parent’s world and suggest ways in which Solo Agers can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship building and smart choices for their future. Geber shares her expertise on what constitutes a fulfilling older life and how Solo Agers can maximize their opportunities for financial security, physical health, meaning and purpose in the second half of life and, finally, planning for the end game which includes helpful charts and worksheets Geber includes in Essential Retirememt Planning for Solo Agers takes readers from confusion, overwhelm and fear of the unknown to calm, worry-free and set on the path to a joy-filled and highly rewarding retirement. Author Sara Geber is a nationally known expert on retirement and has been featured and quoted in much major media, including USA Today’s ＂Best Places to Retire＂ series.