Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance

Designed to educate consumers about financial issues associated with aging, these two volumes contain 185 alphabetically arranged articles on topics related to financial education, advisors, and support; economic and income security; employment, work, and retirement; family and intergenerational issues; financial investments and insurance; health care and health coverage; housing and housing finance; legal issues; and quality of life and well-being. Sample topics include consumer protection for older adults; asset allocation after retirement; cash flow planning for retirees; financial recovery in later life; investment clubs; retirement planning software; state and area agencies on aging; federal and state disability programs; medicaid; nutrition programs; social security privatization; early retirement incentive plans; marriage and older adults; charitable contributions; growth capital for older entrepreneurs; drugs and senior citizens; identity theft; and disaster preparedness for older adults. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

LOIS A. VITT is the Founding Director of the Institute for Socio-Financial Studies and a sociologist with an extensive background in business and finance.