Index


Numerics

  • 4 percent rule, 97–98, 112
  • 100 percent joint and survivor option, 125
  • 401(k) plans
    • employer-sponsored, 79
    • naming beneficiaries for, 291–292
    • required minimum distributions, 89
    • rollovers, 82–85
    • Roth 401(k) plans, 80–81, 116
      • contribution limits, 80
      • establishing, 81
      • taxes, 80
    • tax benefits, 76
  • 403(b) plans
    • employer-sponsored, 79
    • Roth 403(b) plans, 116
    • tax benefits, 76
  • 457 plans, 79

A

  • AARP, 137, 146, 351
  • A-B trusts (bypass trusts; credit shelter trusts), 316
  • AccuQuote, 24
  • activities of daily living (ADL), 142, 144, 149, 154, 158, 165, 235
  • actuarially sound, 240
  • Administration for Community Living (ACL), 354
  • administrators. See executors
  • adult day care, 147, 150–151, 154
  • Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 138
  • agents (attorneys in fact), 286–288
  • aging in place, 343–344
  • Aging Life Care Professionals, 354
  • Aging with Dignity, 288, 291
  • Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 16
  • alcohol, 29
  • A.M. Best Company, 155
  • American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI), 146
  • annual gift tax exclusion, 274, 309–310
  • annuities, 115–120
    • annuitizing, 118–120
    • charitable gift annuities, 315
    • deferred annuities, 198
    • defined, 116
    • estate planning, 305
    • fixed annuities, 118–119
    • fixed indexed annuities, 118–119
    • lifetime annuities with period certain, 119
    • lifetime income annuities, 119–120, 240, 250–251
    • longevity annuities, 120
    • long-term care insurance, 158
    • Medicaid asset limits, 240
    • Medicaid planning strategies, 250–251
    • minimizing distributions, 197
    • naming beneficiaries for, 291–292
    • qualified longevity annuity contracts, 120
    • types of, 118
    • variable annuities, 118–119
    • when to consider, 116
  • annuity options, 83
  • antioxidants, 30
  • appreciation, 57
  • arrhythmias, 29–30
  • asset allocation, 46, 61, 112–115
  • assets
    • determining how much life insurance you need, 19
    • estate planning, 260–261, 270, 273, 284, 303–306
    • Medicaid asset limits, 238–246
      • annuities, 240
      • balloon payments, 239
      • estate recovery, 245–246
      • excess assets, 242
      • exempt (noncountable) assets, 238
      • gifts and trusts, 242–245
      • marriage and, 241–242
    • retirement plan calculations, 46–47
  • assisted living, 134, 142–143, 145–146

B

  • balloon payments, 239
  • beneficiaries, 324
  • benefit period, 152–153
  • blended families, 270
  • Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 70
  • bond funds, 65
  • bonds, 13
    • diversification, 68
    • emergency reserve fund, 67
    • historical rate of return, 62, 66, 68
    • inflation and, 57
    • as lending investments, 62
    • principal, 62
    • returns, 55, 57
    • switching from taxable to tax-exempt, 198
    • taxes, 58
  • breathing exercises, 32
  • business losses, 199
  • bypass trusts (credit shelter trusts; A-B trusts), 316

C

  • calcium, 33
  • capital gains
    • defined, 57, 138
    • exclusion rules, 138
    • gifts, 311–312
    • long-term, 58
  • capital losses, 198–199, 311–312
  • caregiving, 95, 353–358
    • caregiver agreements, 356–357
    • determining how much life insurance you need, 19
    • getting their affairs in order, 355
    • housing options, 355–356
    • investing in their health, 355
    • investing in your family, 357
    • investing in your health, 358
    • medical care options, 355–356
    • professional help, 354
    • separate living spaces, 357
    • shared experiences, 354
  • cash flow statements (income statements), 261
  • cash-value coverage (whole life insurance), 22–23
    • cost of vs. term life, 23
    • defined, 22–23
    • estate taxes and, 23
  • CCRCs (continuing care retirement communities), 134, 143
  • certificates of deposit, 55
  • charitable contribution deduction, 86, 273, 313–314
  • charitable gift annuities, 315
  • charitable giving, 268, 272
  • charitable lead trusts (CLTs), 330
  • charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), 329–330
  • children and grandchildren, 45. See also estate planning; life insurance
    • beneficiaries of retirement accounts, 86
    • expenses management, 109
    • importance of personal connections, 50
    • Medicaid planning strategies and, 252
    • supporting, 95
    • worries about being a burden on, 97
  • cholesterol, 29
  • clothing expenses, 107–108
  • CLTs (charitable lead trusts), 330
  • cognitive impairment, 155
  • COLA (cost-of-living allowance), 121–122
  • college expenses, 19
  • communication expenses, 105–106
  • community associations, 134
  • contingent beneficiaries, 324
  • continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), 134, 143
  • corporations, 193
  • cost-of-living allowance (COLA), 121–122
  • COVID-19 pandemic, 7, 29, 56, 96, 112, 114
  • credit shelter trusts (bypass trusts; A-B trusts), 316
  • CRTs (charitable remainder trusts), 329–330
  • Crummey power, 310, 334
  • crunches, 31
  • currency values, 58
  • current income, 55, 57

D

  • daily benefit, 150–151
  • dark chocolate, 29
  • Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, 105
  • deferred annuities, 158, 198
  • deferred income annuities (longevity annuities), 120
  • Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 240
  • defined benefit plans. See pensions
  • disability insurance, 13, 24–27
    • amount to buy, 26
    • benefit period, 27
    • cost-of-living adjustments, 27
    • defined, 24
    • employer-based, 27
    • expenses management, 109
    • high deductible/waiting period, 27
    • noncancelable and guaranteed renewable clause, 26
    • “own occupation” definition of disability, 26
    • professional associations, 27
    • residual benefits, 27
    • where to buy, 27
    • why people don’t buy, 24–25
    • why you should buy, 25
  • discretionary trusts, 328
  • diversification, 61
  • do not hospitalize (DNH) orders, 288–289
  • do not resuscitate (DNR) orders, 289–290
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average, 63
  • durable powers of attorney (POAs), 286
  • dynasty trusts, 333–334

E

  • earned income penalties, 188–195
    • corporations, 193
    • determining on monthly basis, 190–191
    • exempt income, 193–194
    • income deferral, 192–193
    • potential advantage of, 191
    • special income, 194–195
    • taking for exceeding annual limit, 190
  • emergency reserve fund, 55, 61, 67
  • Employee Benefit Research Institute, 35
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 44, 125
  • employer-based, 20–21
    • cost of vs. individual plans, 21
    • employment transitions, 21
  • employment
    • finding a career you love, 28
    • retirement plan calculations, 48
    • working in retirement, 347–352
      • doing what you love, 350
      • educational opportunities, 350
      • examining scenarios, 349
      • friendly employers, 350–351
      • opinion of spouse, 352
      • potential health benefits, 348
      • small businesses, 351
      • Social Security tax impact, 348–349
      • taking risks, 351
      • volunteering, 352
  • energy audits, 105
  • entertainment expenses, 108
  • ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), 44, 125
  • estate planners, 261–265, 267, 271–272, 274, 276–278
  • estate planning, 13, 259–278
    • advice and tools for, 275–278
      • experts, 276–278
      • websites and software, 275–276
    • beneficiaries of retirement accounts, 85–87
    • considerations for, 267–272
      • blended families, 271
      • charitable and non-family gifts, 272
      • controls and incentives, 268–269
      • equal shares, 269–270
      • excluding someone, 270–271
      • executor or administrator, 268
      • lifetime gifts, 268
      • nonfinancial assets, 271–272
    • defined, 260
    • earmarking funds for beneficiaries, 49
    • estate taxes, 272–275, 299–321
      • avoiding procrastination, 339
      • calculating, 300–302
      • charitable contribution deduction, 313–314
      • federal, 272–274
      • generation-skipping transfer tax, 302, 321
      • lifetime estate tax credit, 301
      • marital deduction, 312–313
      • portability of the lifetime exemption, 313–314
      • recent changes to, 300
      • reducing, 302–303
      • state, 274–275, 303
      • unified estate and gift tax credit, 302
    • family estate strategies, 315–319
      • bypass trusts, 316
      • combining, 318–319
      • equalizing estates, 316
      • marital deduction trusts, 317–318
      • qualified terminable interest property trusts, 318
    • financial powers of attorney, 285–288
      • agents (attorneys in fact), 286–288
      • choosing, 287–288
      • defined, 285–286
      • durable POAs, 286
      • importance of, 286–287
      • limited vs. unlimited POAs, 286
      • springing POAs, 287
    • life insurance, 319–321
      • enhancing inheritances with, 320
      • paying obligations with, 320
      • purpose of, 319
    • medical documents, 288–291
      • combining, 291
      • do not hospitalize orders, 288–289
      • do not resuscitate orders, 289–290
      • healthcare powers of attorney, 290
      • healthcare proxies, 290
      • HIPAA authorization, 290–291
      • living wills, 288–289
      • medical care directives, 288
    • passing other key assets, 291–294
      • IRAs, 292–294
      • naming beneficiaries, 292
    • probate, 294–298
      • avoiding, 295
      • defined, 294
      • joint tenancy, 295–296
      • living trusts, 296–298
    • procrastination, 338–339
    • reduction strategies, 306–312
      • amount to give, 307
      • direct gifts, 307
      • indirect gifts, 307
      • recipients of gifts, 309, 311
      • third-party providers, 307
      • timing of gifts, 307–310
    • steps in process of, 260–262
      • active participation, 262
      • asset distribution, 261
      • explaining plan to heirs, 262
      • implementation of plan, 262
      • income statements, 261
      • lifetime gifts vs. bequests, 261
      • listing assets and debts, 260, 303–306
      • reviewing and updating plan, 262
      • secondary goals, 261
      • working with professionals, 261–262
    • strategies for, 263–267
      • anticipating conflict, 266–267
      • choosing executors and trustees, 266
      • detailed record keeping, 264–265
      • estimating cash flow, 265
      • finishing plans, 263
      • trade-offs, 265
    • trusts, 323–334
      • beneficiaries, 324
      • charitable lead trusts, 330
      • charitable remainder trusts, 329–330
      • discretionary trusts, 328
      • dynasty trusts, 333–334
      • grantor retained annuity trusts, 331–332
      • grantor retained income trusts, 331–332
      • grantors, 324
      • income trusts, 327
      • irrevocable trusts, 326
      • life insurance trusts, 334
      • living trusts, 325–326
      • nondiscretionary trusts, 328
      • postmortem trusts, 326
      • qualified personal residence trusts, 331
      • retained income trusts, 330
      • revocable trusts, 326
      • special needs trusts, 332–333
      • total return trusts, 327
      • trust agreements, 325
      • trustees, 324
    • wills, 279–285
      • avoiding duplicate fees, 282–283
      • debts, 282
      • defined, 279
      • dividing personal property, 283
      • excluding someone, 284–285
      • importance of, 279–280
      • limits of, 284
      • restrictions and penalties, 285
      • simultaneous death clause, 282
      • specific-dollar bequests, 280–281
      • taxes, 281–282
      • in terrorem clause, 285
      • testators, 279
  • estate recovery, 245–246
  • excess liability (umbrella) insurance coverage, 109
  • exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 64–66, 71–72
    • defined, 71
    • diversification, 64
    • efficiency, 65
    • examples of, 71–72
    • professional oversight, 65
    • types of, 65–66
  • executors (administrators)
  • exempt income, 193–194
  • exercise, 30–31
    • balance, 30
    • how much to exercise, 30
    • jogging, 30
    • stress management, 32
    • types of exercises, 31
  • expenses management, 102–109
    • children and grandchildren, 109
    • clothing, 107–108
    • communication, 105–106
    • entertainment, 108
    • food, 106–107
    • healthcare, 108–109
    • housing, 104–105
    • inflation, 102
    • insurance, 109
    • nonfinancial assets, 271
    • optimism, 102
    • personal care, 107
    • savings, 102
    • taxes, 103
    • transportation, 106–107
    • travel, 108
    • utilities, 105–106
  • extra-virgin olive oil, 29

F

  • falling, fear of, 30
  • fiber, 31–32
  • Fidelity Couples Retirement Study, 342
  • Fidelity Freedom funds, 70
  • fiduciaries, 324
  • Fields, W.C., 264
  • financial crisis of 2008-09, 56
  • financial powers of attorney (POAs), 285–288
    • agents (attorneys in fact), 286–288
    • choosing, 287–288
    • defined, 285–286
    • durable POAs, 286
    • importance of, 286–287
    • limited vs. unlimited POAs, 286
    • springing POAs, 287
  • fish, 29
  • Fitch IBCA, 155
  • Five Wishes, 291
  • fixed annuities, 118–119
  • fixed indexed annuities, 118–119
  • fixed payments, 119
  • flavonoids, 29–30
  • food expenses, 106–107
  • 4 percent rule, 97–98, 112
  • 401(k) plans
    • employer-sponsored, 79
    • naming beneficiaries for, 291–292
    • required minimum distributions, 89
    • rollovers, 82–85
    • Roth 401(k) plans, 80–81, 116
      • contribution limits, 80
      • establishing, 81
      • taxes, 80
    • tax benefits, 76
  • 403(b) plans
    • employer-sponsored, 79
    • Roth 403(b) plans, 116
    • tax benefits, 76
  • 457 plans, 79
  • FRA (full retirement age), 177–191
  • FRB (full retirement benefits), 177–178, 180–181
  • Friesen, Geoffrey, 64
  • fruits, 30
  • FTSE All-World Index, 71
  • full retirement age (FRA), 177–191
  • full retirement benefits (FRB), 177–178, 180–181
  • funds of funds, 69–70

G

  • garlic, 30
  • generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT), 302, 321
  • Genworth, 146, 148
  • going public, 63
  • grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), 331–332
  • grantor retained income trusts (GRITs), 331–332
  • grantors, 324
  • gross estate, 273, 301–302, 304–306
  • group homes, 143
  • growth investments, 57
  • GSTT (generation-skipping transfer tax), 302, 321

H

  • hardship exception, 245
  • health
    • affording healthcare, 96–97
    • caregiving, 355–356, 358
    • determining how much life insurance you need, 19
    • expectation that most medical expenses will be covered, 344
    • expenses management, 108–109
    • factors affecting spending nest egg, 98
    • gyms and health clubs, 107
    • investing in, 28–33
      • calcium, 33
      • exercise, 30–31
      • fiber, 31–32
      • heart health, 29–30
      • hydration, 31
      • stress, 32
      • vitamin D, 33
    • life expectancy and Social Security, 189
    • lump sum vs. monthly payments, 123
    • moving near healthcare, 133–134
    • as part of retirement plan, 50
    • potential benefits of working in retirement, 348
    • using more medical services, 94
    • withdrawing from retirement account for medical expenses, 78
  • Health and Retirement Study, 348
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 290–291
  • health maintenance organizations (HMOs), 216–217
  • healthcare powers of attorney (POAs), 290
  • healthcare proxies, 290
  • heart health, 29–30
  • HECMs. See reverse mortgages
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), 290–291
  • HMOs (health maintenance organizations), 216–217
  • home care, 142, 145–146, 154–155
  • home equity, 43–44
    • retirement plan calculations, 48
    • reverse mortgages, 43, 135
      • advantages of, 136–137
      • considerations, 137
      • defined, 135
      • disadvantages of, 136
      • eligibility, 135
      • online resources, 137–138
    • selling home, 43
  • home equity conversion mortgages. See reverse mortgages
  • housing, 129–139. See also home equity
    • aging in place, 343–344
    • caregiving, 355–357
    • expenses management, 104–105
    • moving, 129–139
      • advantages of, 130–131
      • assisted living, 134
      • community associations, 134
      • continuing care retirement communities, 134
      • disadvantages of, 131
      • downsizing, 132
      • independent living, 133
      • near family, 133–134
      • near healthcare, 133–134
      • nursing homes, 134
      • retirement communities, 132–133
    • tax issues, 138–139
      • capital gains exclusion rules, 138
      • converting home to rental, 138–139
      • like-kind, 1031Starker exchanges, 139
  • hydration, 31

I

  • IADL (instrumental activities of daily living), 235
  • Idealist, 352
  • immediate annuities (lifetime income annuities), 119–120, 240, 250–251
  • incentive trusts, 269–270
  • incidents of ownership, 304, 334
  • income beneficiaries, 324
  • income deferral, 192–193
  • income investments, 55, 57
  • income statements (cash flow statements), 261
  • income trusts, 327
  • Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA), 80, 213
  • independent living, 133, 142
  • index funds, 70–71
    • differences between, 71
    • examples of, 70–71
  • Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs), 81–82
    • beneficiaries of, 86–87
    • charitable contribution deduction, 86, 315
    • contribution limits, 81
    • establishing, 81
    • minimizing distributions, 197
    • naming beneficiaries for, 292–294
      • charitable gifts, 293
      • custom beneficiary forms, 294
    • required minimum distributions, 88–89
    • rollovers, 82–85
    • SEP-IRAs, 103
      • contribution limits, 80
      • establishing, 81
      • overview, 80
      • required minimum distributions, 89
      • tax benefits, 76, 80–81
  • inflation
    • expenses management, 102
    • investments and, 57
    • long-term care insurance, 152–153, 160
    • miscalculating, 340
    • Social Security, 202
  • inheritance tax, 274–275. See also estate planning
  • Inquiry, 144
  • instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), 235
  • Investing For Dummies (Tyson), 66, 69, 81
  • investments, 53–73, 111–127. See also names of specific types of investments
    • annuities, 115–120
      • annuitizing, 118–120
      • charitable gift annuities, 315
      • deferred annuities, 158, 198
      • defined, 116
      • fixed annuities, 118–119
      • fixed indexed annuities, 118–119
      • lifetime annuities with period certain, 119
      • lifetime income annuities, 119–120, 240, 250–251
      • longevity annuities, 120
      • qualified longevity annuity contracts, 120
      • types of, 118
      • variable annuities, 118–119
      • when to consider, 116
    • comparing, 66–68
    • currency values and, 58
    • defined, 54
    • diversification, 61
    • economic issues and, 58
    • inflation and, 57
    • investment income, 112–113
      • calculating, 112
      • determining whether to modify, 113
    • lending investments, 62
    • ownership investments, 62
    • pensions, 121–126
      • defined, 121
      • lump sum vs. monthly payments, 121–126
    • planning
      • asset allocation, 61
      • bid picture, 60
      • risk, 59–60
      • time horizon, 59
    • portfolio management, 68–73
      • assessing holdings, 72–73
      • changes, 72
      • exchange-traded funds, 71–72
      • funds of funds, 69–70
      • index funds, 70–71
      • inertia, 73
      • overattachment to investments, 73
      • target-date funds, 70
    • rebalancing, 113–115
      • benefits of, 114
      • defined, 113
      • example of, 115
    • retirement plan calculations, 48
    • returns
      • growth investments, 57
      • income investments, 55, 57
    • risk, 54–55, 59–60, 66–68
    • tax consequences, 57–58
    • types of, 43
    • withdrawal strategies, 126–127
  • IRAs. See Individual Retirement Arrangements
  • IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount), 80, 213
  • irrevocable annuities, 240
  • irrevocable trusts, 248–249, 326
  • iShares Core U.S. Bond Aggregate (AGG), 71
  • iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA), 72
  • iShares Russell 1000 Index (IWB), 72
  • iShares Russell 1000 Value Index (IWD), 72
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM), 72
  • iShares Russell 2000 Value Index (IWN), 72

J

  • joint and survivor annuities, 120
  • joint ownership with right of survivorship, 295, 305
  • joint tenancy, 295–296, 305

K

  • Kaiser Family Foundation, 210

L

  • lending investments, 62
  • life estates, 247–248
  • life expectancy
    • Social Security, 188–189
    • underestimating, 339–340
  • life insurance, 18–24
    • assessing current coverage, 20
      • employer-based life insurance, 20–21
      • Social Security survivor’s benefits, 21
    • buying different, 11–12
    • buying more, 11–13
    • cash-value coverage, 22–23
      • cost of vs. term life, 23
      • defined, 22–23
      • estate taxes and, 23
    • determining how much you need, 19–20
    • determining whether you need, 18
    • employer-based, 20–21
      • cost of vs. individual plans, 21
      • employment transitions, 21
    • estate planning, 305, 319–321
      • enhancing inheritances with, 320
      • paying obligations with, 320
      • purpose of, 319
    • expenses management, 109
    • financing long-term care, 159, 166
    • naming beneficiaries for, 291–292
    • purpose of, 18
    • term life insurance, 22
      • advantages and disadvantages of, 22
      • guaranteed renewability, 22
    • where to buy, 23
      • local agents, 23
      • quote services, 23–24
  • life insurance trusts, 334
  • lifetime annuities with period certain, 119
  • lifetime gifts, 261, 268, 274, 308
  • lifetime income annuities (immediate annuities), 119–120, 240, 250–251
  • like-kind, 1031Starker exchanges, 139
  • Liu, Songqi, 348
  • living trusts (revocable living trusts; revocable inter vivos trusts), 296–298, 325–326
    • advantages of, 297
    • defined, 296–297
    • disadvantages of, 297–298
    • estate planning, 305
  • living wills, 288–289
  • longevity annuities (deferred income annuities), 120
  • long-term care insurance (LTCI), 141–169
    • combining with self-insurance, 169
    • employer-sponsored and group coverage, 167–168
    • group coverage, 167
    • hybrid insurance policies, 148, 157–160
      • annuities, 158
      • assessing, 159–160
      • life insurance, 159
    • indemnity policies, 160–161
    • long-term care, 142–148
      • defined, 142
      • estimating costs, 145–148
      • payment sources, 148
      • predicting who will need, 144–145
      • types of care, 142–143
      • types of provision, 143
    • Medicaid, 148
    • Medicare, 148
    • reimbursement policies, 160
    • self-financing, 148, 161–167
      • deciding when to buy, 163–164
      • determining feasibility of, 161–162
      • life insurance, 166
      • reverse mortgages, 166–167
      • self-insurance, 162–163
      • tax-qualified and nonqualified policies, 164–166
    • traditional, 148–157
      • benefit period, 152–153
      • core features of, 149–150
      • covered care and expenses, 149, 154–155
      • daily benefit, 150–151
      • financial stability of insurer, 155–156
      • inflation protection, 153–154
      • premium increases, 149–150, 156–157
      • waiting period, 151–152
  • long-term care (LTC), 142–148. See also Medicaid
    • defined, 142
    • estimating costs, 145–148
      • additional costs, 146
      • calling and visiting providers, 147
      • cost increases over time, 147
      • insurance company websites, 148
      • regional differences, 146–147
      • research into, 145–147
    • Medicaid, 234–235
    • payment sources, 148
    • predicting who will need, 144–145
    • types of care, 142–143
      • assisted living, 142–143
      • home care, 142
      • independent living, 142
      • memory care, 143
      • nursing homes, 143
    • types of providers, 143
      • continuing care communities, 143
      • group homes, 143
      • stand-alone facilities, 143
  • long-term care riders, 158–159
  • long-term disability (LTD) insurance. See disability insurance
  • look-back rule, 242–243
  • LTC. See long-term care
  • LTCI. See long-term care insurance
  • LTD (long-term disability) insurance. See disability insurance
  • Luntz, Frank, 96

M

  • Madoff, Bernard, 11
  • MAGI (modified adjusted gross income), 195–199, 213–214, 221
  • magnesium, 30
  • maintenance monthly needs allowance, 237
  • marital deduction, 273, 312–313
  • marital deduction trusts, 317–318
  • McKinsey & Co., 341
  • means-testing, 201
  • Medicaid, 233–255
    • asset limits, 238–246
      • annuities, 240
      • balloon payments, 239
      • estate recovery, 245–246
      • excess assets, 242
      • exempt (noncountable) assets, 238
      • gifts and trusts, 242–245
      • marriage and, 241–242
    • defined, 234
    • eligibility, 234–235
      • financial requirements, 235–246
      • functional test, 235–236
    • income limits, 236–238
      • defining income, 237
      • maintenance monthly needs allowance, 237
      • medical cost allowance, 238
      • monthly personal needs allowance, 238
      • retaining income, 237–238
      • trusts, 238
    • long-term care, 148, 152–153, 169, 234–235
    • Medicare and
      • comparison of, 253
      • using together, 253
    • nursing homes, 234–235
    • planning strategies, 246–252
      • downsides of, 252
      • immediate annuities, 250–251
      • life estates, 247–248
      • spending down, 247
      • spousal refusal, 251
      • trusts, 248–250
    • reasons not to seek, 254–255
    • website, 233, 255
  • medical care directives, 288
  • medical documents, 288–291
    • combining, 291
    • do not hospitalize orders, 288–289
    • do not resuscitate orders, 289–290
    • healthcare powers of attorney, 290
    • healthcare proxies, 290
    • HIPAA authorization, 290–291
    • living wills, 288–289
    • medical care directives, 288
  • medical insurance, 10
  • medical savings accounts (MSAs), 216–217
  • Medicare, 203–232
    • changing plans, 230
    • employment transitions, 231–232
    • enrollment deadlines, 204–205
    • long-term care insurance, 148
    • Medicaid and
      • comparison of, 253
      • using together, 253
    • Medigap, 203, 226–230
      • choosing policies, 228–229
      • coverage, 227–228
      • defined, 226
      • enrollment deadline, 205
      • policies and plans, 227–228
      • premiums, 230
      • quotes, 230
    • missing enrollment, 345
    • moving overseas, 232
    • Part A, 206–210
      • benefit periods, 208
      • coverage, 206, 208–210
      • defined, 203
      • eligibility, 206–208
      • enrolling, 206–208
      • enrollment deadline, 204–205
      • home care, 206, 210
      • hospital stays, 206, 209
      • lifetime reserve days, 209
      • skilled nursing facilities, 206, 209
    • Part B, 210–215
      • coinsurance, 215
      • copayments, 212, 215
      • coverage, 211
      • deductibles, 215
      • defined, 203
      • eligibility, 212
      • enrolling, 210–212
      • enrollment deadline, 205
      • fee-for-service, 211
      • medically necessary services, 211
      • premiums, 213–214
      • preventive services, 211
    • Part C (Medicare Advantage), 215–219
      • buying by phone, 219
      • changing plans, 218, 231
      • defined, 203
      • enrolling, 210, 217–218
      • increasing enrollment in, 210
      • researching plans, 218
      • types of plans, 216–217
    • Part D (prescription drug coverage), 219–225
      • authorization, 223
      • buying by phone, 219
      • catastrophic coverage, 223
      • coinsurance, 221
      • copayments, 221
      • creditable coverage, 225
      • deductibles, 221
      • defined, 203
      • doughnut hole (coverage gap), 221–222
      • enrolling, 224–225
      • enrollment deadline, 205
      • formulary, 223
      • inpatient care, 224
      • mail order only, 224
      • national base premium amount, 225
      • pharmacy restrictions, 224
      • premiums, 220–221
      • quantity limits, 224
      • researching plans, 220–224
      • step therapy, 223
  • Medicare & You, 211
  • memory care, 143
  • Miller trusts, 238
  • modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), 195–199, 213–214, 221
  • money market funds
    • emergency reserve fund, 67
    • historical rate of return, 66
    • overview, 65
  • Monte Carlo simulations, 49
  • monthly personal needs allowance, 238
  • Moody’s Investor Service, Inc, 155
  • Mortgage Management For Dummies (Tyson and Griswold), 138
  • moving, 129–139
    • advantages of, 130–131
    • assisted living, 134
    • community associations, 134
    • continuing care retirement communities, 134
    • disadvantages of, 131
    • downsizing, 132
    • independent living, 133
    • Medicare and moving overseas, 232
    • near family, 133–134
    • near healthcare, 133–134
    • nursing homes, 134
    • retirement communities, 132–133
  • MSAs (medical savings accounts), 216–217
  • MSCI Emerging Market Index, 71
  • MSCI Europe Index, 71
  • MSCI Pacific Index, 71
  • MSCI U.S. Broad Market Index, 71
  • municipal bonds, 58
  • mutual funds, 64–66
    • diversification, 64
    • efficiency, 65
    • gifts of, 308
    • index funds, 65
    • professional oversight, 65
    • types of, 65–66

N

  • National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, 277
  • National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA), 137–138
  • New York Stock Exchange, 63
  • Nolo Press, 276–277
  • nondiscretionary trusts, 328
  • nursing homes, 134, 143–146, 234–235. See also Medicaid

O

  • omega-3 fatty acids, 29
  • 100 percent joint and survivor option, 125
  • online resources
    • AARP, 137, 351
    • AccuQuote, 24
    • Administration for Community Living, 354
    • Aging Life Care Professionals, 354
    • Aging with Dignity, 288, 291
    • author’s website, 2, 31, 272, 300
    • Cheat Sheet (companion to book), 4
    • Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, 105
    • Fidelity Freedom funds, 70
    • Genworth, 146
    • Idealist, 352
    • IRS, 89, 196
    • Medicaid, 233, 255
    • Medicare, 203, 211, 218
    • National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, 277
    • National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, 137–138
    • Nolo Press, 276–277
    • ReliaQuote, 24
    • Retirement Watch, 272, 300
    • reverse mortgages, 137–138
    • SCORE, 352
    • Social Security, 21, 40, 42, 176–177, 189, 194, 200
    • T. Rowe Price Retirement funds, 70
    • T. Rowe Price Retirement Income Calculator, 46
    • Term4Sale, 24
    • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 105
    • USAA, 24
    • Vanguard Target Retirement funds, 70
    • VolunteerMatch, 51, 352
  • opportunity cost, 73
  • ownership investments, 62
  • Oz, Mehmet, 29

P

  • paper losses, 198–199, 311
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), 44, 123–125
  • Pension Protection Act of 2006, 157
  • pensions (defined benefit plans), 42, 121–126
    • attributed of, 42
    • backed by PBGC, 44, 123–125
    • defined, 9, 121
    • estate planning, 305
    • lump sum vs. monthly payments, 121–126
      • choosing between, 121–125
      • cost-of-living allowance, 121–122
      • monthly payment options, 125–126
    • minimizing distributions, 197
    • requesting statements, 42
    • required minimum distributions, 89
    • typical employer contributions, 42
  • period certain, 119
  • PFFS (private fee-for-service) plans, 216
  • POAs. See financial powers of attorney; healthcare powers of attorney
  • portability of the lifetime exemption, 313–314
  • portfolio management, 68–73
    • assessing holdings, 72–73
    • changes, 72
    • exchange-traded funds, 71–72
    • funds of funds, 69–70
    • index funds, 70–71
    • inertia, 73
    • overattachment to investments, 73
    • target-date funds, 70
  • postmortem trusts, 326
  • power of appointment, 305–306
  • powers of attorney. See financial powers of attorney; healthcare powers of attorney
  • precious metals, 57
  • preferred provider organizations (PPOs), 216–217
  • present interest, 310
  • price-earnings ratio, 63
  • primary beneficiaries, 324
  • private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans, 216
  • Private Wealth magazine, 262
  • probate, 294–298
    • avoiding, 295
    • avoiding procrastination, 338
    • defined, 294, 304
    • joint tenancy, 295–296
    • living trusts, 296–298
  • profit-sharing plans, 89

Q

  • qualified longevity annuity contracts (QLACs), 120
  • qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), 331
  • qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trusts, 318
  • qualifying income trusts, 238

R

  • Rapp, Nicolas, 146
  • Real Estate Investing For Dummies (Tyson and Griswold), 139
  • real estate investment
    • inflation and, 57
    • returns, 57
    • risks, 66
    • taxes, 58
  • ReliaQuote, 24
  • religious nonmedical healthcare institutions, 206
  • remainder beneficiaries, 240, 324
  • remainder owner, 247
  • remaindermen, 247
  • replacement ratio, 201
  • required minimum distributions (RMDs), 87–89, 103
  • residuary estate, 281–282
  • retained income trusts, 330
  • retirement. See investments; pensions; retirement accounts; retirement planning; Social Security
  • retirement accounts, 13, 75–89. See also names of specific types of accounts
    • beneficiaries, 85–87
    • contributions matched by employer, 78
    • employer-sponsored, 79, 81
    • establishing, 81
    • handling during employment transitions, 9
    • income deferral, 192–193
    • IRAs, 81–82
    • reducing taxes on contributions to, 58
    • required minimum distributions, 87–89, 103
    • restrictions and penalties, 78–79
      • borrowing, 78–79
      • five years of withdrawals, 78
      • health, 78
    • rolling over, 82–85
      • annuity options, 83
      • choosing custodians, 83–84
      • lump sums, 83, 85
      • options for, 83–84
      • separated from service, 85
    • self-employed, 80–81
    • tax benefits, 76–78
      • charitable contribution deduction, 315
      • contributions matched by employer, 78
      • tax-deferred compounding, 77
      • upfront tax breaks, 76
    • transferring, 81
  • retirement communities, 132–133
  • retirement planning, 7–16, 35–46, 93–109
    • assessing whether you can afford to retire, 10
    • calculating, 45–49
      • excess funds, 48–49
      • lessening amount of savings needed, 48
      • Monte Carlo simulations, 49
      • online tools for, 46–47
    • challenges to, 7–8
    • changes in spending in retirement, 99–102
      • household changes, 101–102
      • household size, 99
      • per person changes, 99–100
    • common mistakes, 337–345
      • belief you’ll retire when expected, 340
      • expectation that most medical expenses will be covered, 344
      • expecting to age in place, 343–344
      • lack of coordination with spouse, 342–343
      • lack of financial plan, 338
      • lack of nonfinancial planning, 341–342
      • miscalculation of inflation, 340
      • missing Medicare enrollment, 345
      • procrastination, 338–339
      • underestimation of life expectancy, 339–340
    • components of, 39
      • home equity, 43–44
      • investments, 43
      • pensions, 42
      • Social Security retirement benefits, 39–42
    • deciding when to retire, 36
    • determining how much you can spend per year, 10
    • determining how much you need, 37–39
      • portion of income, 38–39
      • putting numbers in perspective, 39
    • discussing as a couple, 44–45
    • example of advantages of, 12–14
    • expenses management, 102–109
      • children and grandchildren, 109
      • clothing, 107–108
      • communication, 105–106
      • entertainment, 108
      • food, 106–107
      • healthcare, 108–109
      • housing, 104–105
      • inflation, 102
      • insurance, 109
      • optimism, 102
      • personal care, 107
      • savings, 102
      • taxes, 103
      • transportation, 106–107
      • travel, 108
      • utilities, 105–106
    • focus groups, 37
    • identifying long-term planning issues, 9–13
      • choosing from employer’s pension options, 9
      • considering additional medical insurance, 10
      • considering life insurance, 11–12
      • considering reverse mortgages, 10
      • deciding when to collect Social Security, 10
      • determining whether you can afford to retire, 10
      • developing estate plans, 13
      • handling retirement money during employment transitions, 9
    • importance of, 8
    • keys to successful retirement planning, 14–16
      • balance, 15–16
      • planning as process, 16
      • saving, 15
    • nonfinancial matters, 49–51
      • activities, 50–51
      • health, 50
      • hobbies, 51
      • part-time work, 51
      • personal connections, 50
      • volunteering, 51
    • personal responsibility, 13
    • spending nest egg, 97
      • factors affecting, 98–99
      • 4 percent rule, 97–98
    • survey of, 35
    • worries about, 94–97
      • being a burden, 97
      • healthcare, 94, 96–97
      • running out of money, 94–95, 97
      • supporting others, 95–96
  • Retirement Watch, 272, 300
  • reverse mortgages (home equity conversion mortgages [HECMs]), 43, 135
    • advantages of, 136–137
    • considerations, 10, 137
    • defined, 10, 43, 135
    • disadvantages of, 136
    • eligibility, 135
    • financing long-term care, 166–167
    • online resources, 137–138
  • revocable inter vivos trusts. See living trusts
  • revocable living trusts. See living trusts
  • revocable trusts, 248, 305–306, 326
  • Richard Day Research, 342
  • risk
    • comparison of investments, 66–68
    • disdain for safe investments in good times, 54
    • factoring into investment plans, 59–60
    • factors affecting spending nest egg, 99
    • risk of not taking risks, 55
    • understanding, 55
    • wake-up calls in the 2000s, 56
  • RMDs (required minimum distributions), 87–89, 103
  • Roizen, Michael, 29
  • Roth 401(k) plans, 80–81, 116
    • contribution limits, 80
    • establishing, 81
    • taxes, 80
  • Roth 403(b) plans, 116
  • Roth IRAs, 116
  • rule of 72, 63

S

  • S&P (Standard & Poor’s) 500 Index, 70
  • Sapp, Travis, 64
  • savings
    • expenses management, 102
    • as key to successful retirement planning, 15
    • lessening amount needed, 48
  • SCORE, 352
  • self-employment
    • retirement accounts, 80–81
    • Social Security earned income penalties, 189
  • self-insurance, 162–163, 169
  • SEP-IRAs. See Simplified Employee Pension Plan-Individual Retirement Arrangements
  • September 11, 2001terrorist attacks, 56
  • Shultz, Kenneth, 348
  • SIMPLE IRAs, 89
  • Simplified Employee Pension Plan-Individual Retirement Arrangements (SEP-IRAs), 103
    • contribution limits, 80
    • establishing, 81
    • overview, 80
    • required minimum distributions, 89
    • tax benefits, 76, 80–81
  • single-life option, 125
  • Small Business For Dummies (Tyson and Schell), 28
  • small business investment, 58
  • SNPs (special needs plans), 217
  • SNTs (special needs trusts), 332–333
  • Social Security
    • disability benefits, 25–26, 175
    • future of, 96, 200–202
      • index changes, 201
      • inflation formula, 202
      • means-testing, 201
      • payroll tax rise, 202
      • replacement ratio, 201
    • phone number, 21, 40, 194–195
    • retirement benefits, 39–42, 173–202
      • average indexed monthly earnings, 176
      • benefits at age 62, 178–180
      • break-even point calculation, 186–187
      • cash flow needs, 186
      • changing decisions about, 175, 199–200
      • corporations, 193
      • deciding when to collect, 10, 175, 186–189
      • decisions to make about, 174–175
      • delayed retirement credits, 180
      • earned income penalties, 188–195
      • effect of working on, 189–191
      • eligibility, 176–180
      • exempt income, 193–194
      • full retirement age and benefits, 177–191
      • how benefits are estimated, 41
      • income deferral, 192–193
      • life expectancy, 188–189
      • marital status changes, 175
      • online Retirement Estimator, 42
      • online summary, 40
      • payments based on your work record or spouse’s, 175
      • preserving, 191–195
      • replacement ratio, 176
      • requesting statements, 21, 40
      • retirement age, 177–180
      • retirement plan calculations, 47
      • reviewing earnings history, 177
      • reviewing estimated benefits, 40
      • side funds and, 188
      • special income, 194–195
      • strategies for preserving, 191–195
      • taxes, 80, 103, 188, 195–199, 348–349
      • work credits, 40–41, 176
    • setting up online account, 21, 177
    • spousal benefits, 180–183
      • choices for, 181–183
      • claim and suspend, 183
      • defined, 180
      • higher- and lower-earning spouse, 182–183
  • Society for Human Resource Management, 28
  • Society of Actuaries, 37
  • special income, 194–195
  • special needs plans (SNPs), 217
  • special needs trusts (SNTs), 332–333
  • spending down, 247
  • spousal refusal, 251
  • springing powers of attorney (POAs), 287
  • Standard & Poor’s Insurance Rating Services, 155
  • Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index, 70
  • standing exercises, 31
  • step-type exercises, 31
  • stock funds, 66
  • stocks, 13
    • defined, 63
    • gifts of, 308
    • going public, 63
    • historical rate of return, 62–63, 68
    • as ownership investments, 62
    • price-earnings ratio, 63
    • reducing fees and commissions, 63
    • regularly saving and investing in, 63
    • returns, 55, 57
    • risks, 66
    • rule of 72, 63
    • taxes, 58
    • timing the market, 64
  • stress management, 32
  • supplemental needs trusts, 238, 250

T

  • T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund, 70
  • T. Rowe Price Retirement funds, 70
  • T. Rowe Price Retirement Income Calculator, 46–47
  • target-date funds, 70
  • Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018, 81, 300
  • taxable estate, 273
  • taxes
    • bonds, 58
    • capital gains, 57
    • capital losses, 198–199
    • energy efficiency improvement credits, 105
    • estate planning, 272–275
      • annual gift tax exclusion, 274, 309–310
      • avoiding procrastination, 339
      • cash-value coverage, 23
      • charitable contribution deduction, 313–314
      • federal, 272–274
      • generation-skipping transfer tax, 321
      • lifetime gifts, 268, 308
      • marital deduction, 312–313
      • portability of the lifetime exemption, 313–314
      • reduction strategies, 306–312
      • state, 274–275
    • expenses management, 103
    • housing, 138–139
      • capital gains exclusion rules, 138
      • converting home to rental, 138–139
      • like-kind, 1031Starker exchanges, 139
    • on investments, 57–58
    • marginal tax rate, 195
    • Medicare, 80, 213
    • municipal bonds, 58
    • portfolio losses, 73
    • property taxes, 103
    • real estate investment, 58
    • rebalancing investments, 114
    • retirement accounts, 76–78
      • contributions matched by employer, 78
      • 401(k) plans, 76
      • 403(b) plans, 76
      • IRAs, 82, 87
      • Roth 401(k) plans, 80
      • SEP-IRAs, 76, 80–81
      • tax-deferred compounding, 77
      • upfront tax breaks, 76
    • small business investment, 58
    • Social Security, 80, 103, 188, 195–199
      • adjusted gross income, 195–196
      • deduction strategies, 198–199
      • income reduction strategies, 197–198
      • modified adjusted gross income, 195–199
      • payroll tax rise, 202
      • state taxes, 196
      • withholding, 196
    • stocks, 58
    • tax-exempt interest income, 195
    • withdrawal strategies, 126–127
  • technology bubble, 56
  • tentative estate tax, 301
  • term life insurance, 22
    • advantages and disadvantages of, 22
    • guaranteed renewability, 22
  • Term4Sale, 24
  • testamentary trusts, 249–250
  • Thrift Savings Plan, 79
  • total return trusts, 327
  • transportation expenses, 106–107
  • travel expenses, 108
  • treasury bills, 57
  • triglycerides, 29
  • trust agreements, 325
  • trust principal, 248
  • trustees, 262, 267, 324
  • trusts, 308, 323–334
    • beneficiaries, 86, 324
    • bypass trusts, 316
    • charitable contribution deduction, 314
    • charitable lead trusts, 330
    • charitable remainder trusts, 329–330
    • Crummey power, 310
    • discretionary trusts, 328
    • dynasty trusts, 333–334
    • grantor retained annuity trusts, 331–332
    • grantor retained income trusts, 331–332
    • grantors, 324
    • incentive trusts, 269–270
    • income limits
      • hardship exception, 245
      • look-back rule, 242–243
      • waiting period, 243–244
    • income trusts, 327
    • irrevocable trusts, 248–249, 326
    • life insurance trusts, 334
    • living trusts, 296–298, 325–326
      • advantages of, 297
      • defined, 296–297
      • disadvantages of, 297–298
    • marital deduction trusts, 317–318
    • Medicaid income limits, 238, 242–245
    • Medicaid planning strategies, 248–250, 252
    • Miller trusts, 238
    • nondiscretionary trusts, 328
    • postmortem trusts, 326
    • qualified personal residence trusts, 331
    • qualified terminable interest property trusts, 318
    • qualifying income trusts, 238
    • retained income trusts, 330
    • revocable trusts, 248, 305–306, 326
    • special needs trusts, 332–333
    • supplemental needs trusts, 238, 250
    • testamentary trusts, 249–250
    • total return trusts, 327
    • trust agreements, 325
    • trustees, 324
    • wills and, 284
  • two-thirds joint and survivor plan, 125

U

  • umbrella (excess liability) insurance coverage, 109
  • underwriting process, 156
  • unified transfer tax, 301
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 105
  • U.S. Small Business Administration, 352
  • USAA, 24
  • utilities expenses, 105–106

V

  • valuation measures, 56
  • Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU), 72
  • Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities (VIPSX), 72
  • Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ), 72
  • Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF (VBR), 72
  • Vanguard Star fund, 69
  • Vanguard Target Retirement funds, 70
  • Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Admiral Shares (VBTLX), 72
  • Vanguard Total International Stock Index Admiral Shares (VTIAX), 72
  • Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), 72
  • variable annuities, 118–119
  • variable payments, 119
  • vegetables, 30
  • Venti, Steven, 15
  • vitamin D, 33
  • volunteering, 51, 352
  • VolunteerMatch, 51, 352

W

  • waiting period
    • gifts and trusts, 243–244
    • long-term care insurance, 151–152
  • Wall Street Journal, 144
  • Wang, Mo, 348
  • weight lifting, 31
  • Weiss Ratings, Inc., 155
  • What Americans Really Want … Really (Luntz), 96
  • What Color Is Your Parachute? (Bolles), 28
  • whole life insurance. See cash-value coverage
  • wills, 279–285. See also estate planning
    • avoiding duplicate fees, 282–283
    • debts, 282
    • defined, 279
    • dividing personal property, 283
    • excluding someone, 284–285
    • importance of, 279–280
    • limits of, 284
    • restrictions and penalties, 285
    • simultaneous death clause, 282
    • specific-dollar bequests, 280–281
    • taxes, 281–282
    • in terrorem clause, 285
    • testators, 279
  • Wise, David, 15
  • worker’s compensation, 25

Z

  • Zhan, Yujie, 348
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