The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement

by Jan Cullinane

Overview

Essential advice on the retirement challenges facing single women

Twenty-five million strong and growing: that's the number of single women 45+ in the United States. The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement is an essential and targeted resource for planning the next steps in your life. Packed with an inclusive blueprint that covers every aspect of retirement along with quizzes, checklists, and sidebars to help readers assess their choices, The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement is the only retirement book single women need.

The author addresses important concerns from the perspective of women, who typically have less savings and live longer than men. From investing to dealing with divorce, dating, caregiving and death, from staying physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy to handling kids, this book weaves personal anecdotes and suggestions from single women with guidance from attorneys, financial planners and certified public accountants.

• Covers all the retirement-related issues that affect single women, including finances, taxes, divorce, death of a spouse, second careers, and relocation
• Recommends the best places to retire, hot careers, meaningful ways to get the most out of your retirement, and strategies for healthy living
• Asks the three questions that will answer the age-old question—should you retire?

By combining technical information with insightful anecdotes, the book is a practical and complete resource for single women looking for a happy, successful retirement. It's the only book that addresses all aspects of retirement for single women, combining professional expertise with the real experiences of many single women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118283004
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/05/2012
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

JAN CULLINANE is the bestselling coauthor of The New Retirement. She has been featured on TV, on the radio, and in many newspapers and magazines. She is a speaker and consultant on retirement lifestyle issues whose clients include Ford Motor Company, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the federal government, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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Table of Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1 Retirement and the Single Woman 1

Chapter 2 Deciding What to Do with 168 Hours a Week 21

Chapter 3 Working in Retirement: An Oxymoron? 41

Chapter 4 Fitness in Body, Mind, and Spirit 69

Chapter 5 Where Is Your Heart? Exploring Options for Living 99

Chapter 6 A Place to Call Home: What Are Your Choices? 125

Chapter 7 Divorce, Death, Dating, Dependency, and Deepening Connections 181

Chapter 8 Dollars and Sense 227

References 285

About the Author 293

Index 295

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In matter-of-fact language, Jan Cullinane gets at the heart of what you need to do to plan for and protect your future. I can’t say it strongly enough: If you’re a single woman, you need this book.”—Jean Chatzky, bestselling author and financial expert

“For too long, women in America have made the retirement journey alone. No longer. Jan Cullinane is there, companion, teacher, and guide, showing women how to find happiness in retirement.”—Stan Hinden, author of How to Retire Happy:The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire

“Finally, a guide for that growing and important demographic! It is clear, comprehensive, fun to read, and immensely useful.”—Bella DePaulo, PhD, author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

“Jan Cullinane has written the essential tool for single women approaching retirement. Her practical guide covers every angle—from when to retire, what to do, and how to find single-friendly places to tips about managing money. The wealth of practical details and useful tips turns retirement anxiety into confident anticipation.”—John Brady, founder of Topretirements.com

“Cullinane has done it again. Her previous book is truly an Ultimate Guide to Retirement, but much of the content focuses on retirees as couples. With The Single Woman’s Guide to Retirement, she recognizes that statistics are against us. Women live longer than men, which means that even if you’re ‘happily coupled’ now, there’s an 80 to 90% chance that at some point, you’ll find yourselfmaking important decisions—financial and otherwise—as a single woman. Thankfully, you’ll have this book to lean on. It addresses ALL aspects of single retirement and offers single women a blueprint for a satisfying and successful second half of life. This is a must-read book!”—Anne L. Holmes, “Boomer in Chief,” National Association of Baby Boomer Women

“The Single Woman’s Guide to Retirement is a motivator for single mature women to make decisions so their second half of life will be the best part of life. From dating to divorce, from money to boomerang children, no subject is too small or too big to tackle. It’s a great read.”—Bernice Bratter and Helen Dennis, coauthors of the bestseller, Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women