Product Description

If you are getting older (or hope to), this book is for you. It will save you and your family money, restless nights, and heartbreak. Do I really need a living will? What are living trusts and should I attend a free seminar? How can I protect myself from scams and identity theft? How can I care for my aged parents? What are assisted living facilities and what about nursing homes? How can I recognize elder abuse and what about guns in the home? How can I fight age discrimination? What will be my insurance needs? What are reverse mortgages, Roth IRAs, durable powers of attorney, and disgruntled heirs? Will I have to give up both driving and sex? Need I worry about estate taxes? Should I avoid Probate? Most important, how can I get my family (and myself) to discuss the real problems that will face us? Here they come, ready or not. Not to worry. You don't have to read the entire book. What you need to know right now is in the first four chapters. The rest can wait. This is a serious book about serious times, but, if you re not up for an occasional joke, or poem, just put it back.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #838125 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-02
• Released on: 2007-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 286 pages

Review
Alive and Kicking is an engaging, even entertaining and uplifting, book about a subject most of us who are getting on in life often avoid: arranging our affairs for our latter years to avoid medical, financial, and legal troubles. I will use it myself and recommend it to patients, friends, and loved ones. --Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging

An encyclopedic legal reference with the down-home philosophy and wit of a Will Rogers. Astoundingly exhaustive in its range of subjects, the book provides accurate, to-the-point legal advice wryly enriched by poetry, humor, and existential musings. --Charles Sabatino, principal author, American Bar Association s Legal Guide for Older Americans

The best way one can prevent themselves from becoming a burden on their families as they age is making sure the money they saved for their retirement stays saved for retirement and is only used for that purpose. Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers grants legal advice so you can keep your money so when you finally do go and kick that bucket, your family has something other than massive debts to remember you by. Tips on living wills, scams and identity theft, caring for your own parents in your own advanced age, issues involving age discrimination, driving, sex, and more are covered. While treating itself as a law book first, Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers isn't afraid to crack a joke or bust out a poem now and again, giving a different and attractive flavor, making it highly recommended for anyone who is rapidly approaching retirement age and wants to be prepared for it in the modern world. Also recommended to community library law shelves. --The Midwest Book Review

About the Author
Kenney F. Hegland is the James E. Rogers Professor of Law at the University of Arizona College of Law. Robert Fleming is an elder law attorney with Fleming & Curti, PLC in Arizona.

Customer Reviews

Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers
I found this to be an easy read for a complicated subject. I have passed the book on to my boomer relatives to get them started on the road to understanding their parents' needs as well as their own estate planning needs.

Extremely well written book on important issues
This book is so cleverly written and entertaining, it is almost (but not quite) possible to miss the incredible level of legal expertise emanating from its pages. Despite its broad scope of social, medical, and legal issues for the over 50 (maybe even over 40) crowd, it cuts straight through to cover the essentials in each area, in a thoughtful and engaging manner. Given the plethora of poorly written books purporting to counsel boomers as they grow older, this book is a refreshingly concise and thoroughly professional approach. Highly recommended.

Great book to get you thinking about retirement planning
The authors really cover all the topics that you need to consider when you are either taking care of an elderly loved one or thinking about your own planning. This book really got us talking and thinking about a whole range of issues that we had not considered before. A must-read if you are over 60!