The Complete Retirement Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Safeguard Your Money, Your Health, and Your Independence FROM THE PUBLISHER
A clear and authoritative guide to life planning, financial strategies, and
legal protection for people facing retirement, The Complete Retirement
Survival Guide, Second Edition is a thoroughly updated edition of the
popular The Elder Law Handbookﾽwritten specifically for those over age 55,
for anyone with a parent over age 55, as well as for people with
disabilities or family members with disabilities. Important issues covered
include planning for health care needs; managing and paying for medical and
long-term care; life planning for individuals and their families; taxes;
working and retirement; meeting housing needs; and getting help. This
indispensable collection of facts and advice provides the necessary
foundation for ensuring that the quality of life and autonomy of older
people and people with disabilities are maintained while their independence
and their resources are protected..
Fully updated coverage includes:
Changes in Medicare, Medicaid, health and long-term care insurance, home
care, HMOs and managed care, and financing options for long-term care
Living wills, powers of attorney, and pain management
New estate and gift tax laws, retirement plan rules, and Social Security
rules
Supplemental needs trusts for people with disabilities
Developments in the assisted living and senior housing industry.
About the Authors
Peter J. Strauss was a pioneer in the field of elder law. He is a partner in
the New York law firm of Epstein, Becker & Green, and adjunct professor of
law at the New York Law School. He is also a founding member of the National
Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the coauthor of the professional
treatise, Aging and the Law.
Nancy M. Lederman serves as an administrative law judge for New York State
agencies, hearing cases involving education, health, banking, social
services, and disability law. She is an associate adjunct professor at Bank
Street College of Education, where she teaches education law, and a member
of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is president and founder
of Educational Frameworks Inc., a consulting firm concentrating in education
and health-related fields. Her play Fanny and Portia, about aging, won the
Dorothy Silver Playwriting Award.
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