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1 The Baby Boomer's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
Bart Astor

Current:
9.5
The dilemma of caring for aging parents is growing in importance, especially as a greater proportion of the population nears the age of 50. This thoughtfully developed guide is packed with practical information on facing legal issues, selec ... [more] [Submit]
2 How Did I Become My Parent's Parent?
Harriet Sarnoff Schiff

Current:
9.4
Caring for an aging parent poses many concerns: How can an adult child (or chadult, as author Harriet Schiff calls them), protect the dignity and independence of an aging parent? When should a chadult take over the grocery shopping, house c ... [more] [Submit]
3 Respecting Your Limits When Caring for Aging Parents
Vivian E. Greenberg

Current:
9.2
A practical, compassionate, and beautifully written book on how to provide appropriate care for our aging parents without stressing out or ruining our lives. An updated and revised paperback edition, with a new introduction and new referenc ... [more] [Submit]
4 The Complete Guide to Eldercare
Anita Jones-Lee, Melanie Callender

Current:
9.2
A large portion of America's baby boomers will face the unprecedented challenge of caring for parents and other aged relatives at a time when average life spans have grown longer than ever before in history. "Financing Eldercare" addresses ... [more] [Submit]
5 Another Country : Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Mary Pipher

Current:
9.1
Mary Pipher, author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Reviving Ophelia, which charts the troubled passage of girls into adolescence, has nimbly covered yet another psychological passage ... [more] [Submit]
6 How to Care for Aging Parents
Virginia Morris, Robert Butler

Current:
9.1
Winner, Books for a Better Life Award and a selection of the Rodale Book Club Featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS and other national programs The Washington Post calls How to Care for Aging Parents "a compassionate guide ... [more] [Submit]
7 Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out Children
Grace Lebow

Current:
9.1
For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth communications with a challenging parent. Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample ... [more] [Submit]
8 Moving Mom & Dad : Why, Where, How, and When to Help Your Parents Relocate (Lanier Guides Series)
Sarah Morse

Current:
9.0
This book helps you determine why, where, how and when to help your parents relocate, making it easier for everyone. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
9 How to Care for Your Parents : A Practical Guide to Eldercare
Nora Jean Levin

Current:
8.9
A time-saving guide to help families successfully map and navigate the unfamiliar terrain of eldercare, this unique handbook provides simple decisions-making tools so grown children can help their parents take charge of their long-term heal ... [more] [Submit]
10 Good Daughters : Loving Our Mothers As They Age
Patricia Beard, Hillary Beard (Epilogue)

Current:
8.8
Cynics sometimes suggest that the baby boom generation is so self-absorbed its members need guidebooks to ease them through each of life's transitions. As college students, they sought handbooks about sex; later they turned to Dr. Spock for ... [more] [Submit]
11 Retirement Places Rated
David Savageau

Current:
8.8
The single best source for selecting an ideal locale for your retirement or second home--from David Savageau, author of the best-selling Places Rated Almanac: The top retirement areas ranked and rated on essential factors to help y ... [more] [Submit]
12 WHERE TO RETIRE: AMERICA'S BEST AND MOST AFFORDABLE PLACES, 3rd Edition
John Howells

Current:
8.8
When the joints start to ache, the salary dwindles, and freedom is yours at last, it's time to reflect upon where you'd like to spend your retirement years. Your obligations are few and the world is your oyster. If you're approaching those ... [more] [Submit]
13 Age Power : How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old
Ken Dychtwald

Current:
8.7
"Old simply isn't what it used to be," writes gerontologist Ken Dychtwald, bestselling author of Age Wave. In the 20th century, the number of Americans ages 65 and older increased from 3 mi ... [more] [Submit]
14 America's Best Places to Retire
Richard L. Fox

Current:
8.7
66 in-depth profiles of undiscovered havens, low-cost Edens and familiar retirement hot-spots. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
15 The World's Top Retirement Havens
Margaret J. Goldstein

Current:
8.7
Here is a guide that reviews the world's top retirement countries, with an emphasis on achieving great comfort on an ordinary income. Included for each country is a complete description of culture and lifestyle, plus information on tax laws ... [more] [Submit]
16 50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America (2nd Ed)
Ken Stern, Lee 50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America Rosenberg

Current:
8.6
Climate, housing, recreation, and health care are among the factors explored in 50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America, 2nd Ed.. This revised and updated version looks at the most popular retirement communities in the United States and pre ... [more] [Submit]
17 Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide: Take Care of Your Finances Now...And They'll Take Care of You Later
Robert J. Garner

Current:
8.6
The most trusted name in financial planning helps you secure a sound retirementNow is the time to plan for the retirement of your dreams. But where do you start? There's no better resource than Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide. ... [more] [Submit]
18 The Vanguard Guide to Investing During Retirement: Managing Your Assets in Retirement
Frank Ford

Current:
8.5
"Vanguard has produced a reader friendly guide for retirees seeking to preserve and enhance their nest eggs. It's packed with sensible advice on all the pertinent subjects. This is a great book!" -Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr., Author, The Warren ... [more] [Submit]
19 Live Well in Honduras : How to Relocate, Retire, and Increase Your Standard of Living
Frank Ford

Current:
8.4
Honduras offers a lower cost of living than Costa Rica, Belize, or Mexico; amenable tax, real estate, and investment laws; and more ease in starting a business than can be found in any other country in the region. This book provides the onl ... [more] [Submit]
20 Retire & Thrive, Second Edition
Robert K. Otterbourg, Knight A. Kiplinger (Introduction)

Current:
8.4
Lots of books tell you how to save for retirement. Retire & Thrive tells you how to have a fun, productive time with those 2,000 extra hours each year! Read more ... [more] [Submit]
21 Live Well in Mexico : How to Relocate, Retire, and Increase Your Standard of Living (The Live Well Series)
Ken Luboff

Current:
8.2
Ken Luboff, the former head of John Muir Publications, discusses how to relocate - easily - and live a more relaxing lifestyle with greater luxury, for less than the basic cost of living in the U.S. more] [Submit]
22 Social Security : The Inside Story : An Expert Explains Your Rights and Benefits
Andy Landis, Andrew Landis

Current:
8.2
"...does for Social Security what J.K. Lasser and others have done for taxes-- reliable, understandable, and comprehensive guidance."-- Booklist Read more ... [more] [Submit]
23 Your Next Fifty Years : A Completely New Way to Look at How, When, and If You Should Retire
Ginita Wall, Victoria F. Collins

Current:
8.1
Baby Boomers who anticipate the day they'll bid adieu to the traditional working world will appreciate Your Next Fifty Years: A Completely New Way to Look at How, When, and If You Should Retire. Ginita Wall and Victoria Collin ... [more] [Submit]
24 Choose the Southwest for Retirement : Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget (2nd Ed)
John Choose the Southwest Howells

Current:
8.0
Americans over 50 have more to deal with than just wrinkles and mortality. There are serious legal issues concerning health, work, home, and family. Concise information is what's needed, and what's provided by the American Bar. From age dis ... [more] [Submit]
25 How to Plan for a Secure Retirement
Barry Dickman

Current:
8.0
Americans over 50 have more to deal with than just wrinkles and mortality. There are serious legal issues concerning health, work, home, and family. Concise information is what's needed, and what's provided by the American Bar. From age dis ... [more] [Submit]
26 The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Older Americans : The Law Every American over Fifty Needs to Know
Charles P. Sabatino

Current:
7.9
Americans over 50 have more to deal with than just wrinkles and mortality. There are serious legal issues concerning health, work, home, and family. Concise information is what's needed, and what's provided by the American Bar. From age dis ... [more] [Submit]
27 Your Guide to Retiring to Mexico, Costa Rica and Beyond : Finding the Good Life on a Fixed Income
Shelley Emling, Shelly Emling

Current:
7.8
Retirees know that living "the good life" in the U.S. on Social Security or a meager pension isn't easy. Many are realizing that by moving out of the country they will reap the benefits of warm weather and a pleasant lifestyle that's easily ... [more] [Submit]
28 Choose Mexico For Retirement, 6th Edition
John Howells, Don Merwin

Current:
7.7
Retirement can be a time of growth, or adventure, or complete and utter relaxation. Where you spend your retirement years, no matter how you may define them, has to be a place that fulfills your desires and meets your changing needs. "Choos ... [more] [Submit]
29 Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents : How to Help, How to Survive
Claire Berman

Current:
7.7
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30 As Parents Age : A Psychological and Practical Guide
Joseph A. Ilardo

Current:
7.7
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31 How to Care for Your Aging Parents...and Still Have a Life of Your Own!
J. Michael Dolan

Current:
7.6
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32 Before It's Too Late - Don't Leave Your Loved Ones Unprepared
Emily J. Oishi

Current:
7.5
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33 Do I Know You? : Living Through the End of a Parent's Life
Bette Ann Moskowitz

Current:
7.4
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34 Caring for the Parents Who Cared for You : What to Do When an Aging Parent Needs You
Kenneth P. Scileppi, Kenneth P., MD Scilieppi

Current:
7.4
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35 Don't Put Me in a Nursing Home
Claude Amarnick

Current:
7.3
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36 Reminiscence : Uncovering a Lifetime of Memories
Sheridan, Carmel Sheridan

Current:
7.3
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37 Family Realities : Helping Aging Parents, Closing the Family Home, Dividing Family Possessions, Putting Affairs in Order
Lucy F. Wold, Ann F. Andersen

Current:
7.2
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38 Another Country : The Emotional Terrain of Our Elders [ABRIDGED]
Mary Bray Pipher

Current:
7.1
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39 All Together Now: Records, Instructions and Wishes for Those You Love
Elaine Todd(Creator), Alan D. Schultz

Current:
7.1
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40 The Nursing Home Choice : How to Choose the Ideal Nursing Home
Marian R. Kranz, Adolph Caso

Current:
7.1
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41 Dutiful Daughters : Caring for Our Parents As They Grow Old
Jean Gould

Current:
7.1
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42 Mama Can't Remember Anymore: Care Management of Aging Parents and Loved Ones
Nancy Wexler

Current:
6.9
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43 Get a Life : You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well
Ralph E. Warner

Current:
6.8
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44 The Late-Start Investor : The Better-Late-Than-Never Guide to Realizing Your Retirement Income
John F. Wasik

Current:
6.7
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45 How to Enjoy Your Retirement : Activities from A to Z
Tricia Wagner, Barbara Day

Current:
6.7
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46 Bankroll your Future: How to Get the Most from Uncle Sam for Your Retirement Years--Social Security, Medicare, and Much More
Ellen Hoffman

Current:
6.6
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47 Choose Costa Rica for Retirement : Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget (4th Ed)
John Howells

Current:
6.6
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48 The Retirement Sourcebook
Mary Helen Smith

Current:
6.5
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49 Living in Mexico : A Complete Guide
Michael J. Zamba

Current:
6.4
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50 Keeping Active : A Caregiver's Guide to Activities With the Elderly
Susan C. Walker

Current:
6.4
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