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The average American spends about 20 years in retirement. To make these years some of the best of your life, careful planning is necessary. It’s important to understand your unique life situation, keep up to date with major life changes and become aware of the vast array of financial, health, and legal issues that arise in retirement. Some useful websites for retirement include the following: |
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 | 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy | 360 Degrees of Financial literacy is a national volunteer effort of the nation’s Certified Public Accountants to help Americans understand their personal finances and develop money management skills. It focuses on financial education as a lifelong endeavor—from children learning about the value of money to adults reaching a secure retirement. |  | AARP.ORG | AARP has information for older Americans whether they have retired or are still working. They have helpful information under categories such as health, money, leisure, and family. |  | Business & Company Resource Center | Major companies can be researched in this database by accessing investment reports, financial statements, rankings, and links to recent magazines and newspaper articles on a company. |  | Gale Legal Forms | This database has forms under such topics as Power of Attorney, Probate, Elder Law, Family Law, Wills and Trusts. |  | Health and Wellness Resource Center | Has links to books, pamphlets, and articles on diseases and conditions, prescription drug information, and many more health topics. There are news links from the Harvard Medical Center and the New York Times Health section as well as medical dictionaries and short videos on a variety of health topics. |  | MedlinePlus | Brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. |  | Money Magazine | Money Magazine has an “Ultimate Guide to Retirement” that breaks down retirement planning and living in retirement into various categories (annuities, insurance, estate planning, etc.). |  | Morningstar | Is an investment resource specializing in mutual fund investing. It offers news, commentary, and fund information reports. |  | Mymoney.gov | Mymoney.gov has a step by step retirement planner for those getting very close to retirement. There is also information on setting up a living trust properly, how to apply for Social Security benefits, and a host of issues dealing with financial security later in life. |  | The Motley Fool | The Motley Fool has 13 financial steps to retirement that deal with long range planning for retirement. It also has information about which accounts to take money from first once in retirement, how to conserve cash once you retire, and insurance and medical coverage issues as well. |  | Valueline | Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds and options. |
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