PROTECTING YR PARENTS MONEY: The Essential Guide to Helping Mom and Dad Navigate the Finances of Retirement – A Compassionate and Effective Handbook for Baby Boomers with Aging Parents - Softcover

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Jeff D. Opdyke has written about personal finance, family finance, and the investment markets for Tgiehe Wall Street Journal since 1993. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife, Amy, and their two children.

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Are you ready for the inevitable day whenyou will have to act as parent to your parents?

Protecting Your Parents’ Money is the essential financial handbook that will help you navigate this confusing and difficult transition, providing a game plan for tackling complex issues like estate planning, retirement income and savings, and long-term health care. Most important, it will help bridge the communication barrier between parents and adult children, which often makes the process much more difficult than it needs to be. Important topics include:

• Personal Finance 101, the Senior Years: The essential definitions and workings of the myriad investment options and financial requirements your parents will deal with in retirement.
• The Move: How to find the right nursing homes or retirement communities, comparing costs and factoring your parents’ assets into the mix.
• Understanding Medicare: What it is, how to qualify for coverage, and what it means for your parents’ finances.
• Elder Fraud: How to look for telltale signs that your parents have been victimized.

Protecting Your Parents’ Money provides the comprehensive guide every loving son and daughter will need to understand and help manage Mom and Dad’s financial concerns.