Positve Aging Conference coming to Madison!

Save the Date! November 12th .

The National Positive Aging Conference is coming to Madison. Come to a video conference and discusssion on how to infuse your life and your community with meaning and purpose and engagement. Hear Richard Leidner, of Something to Live For; Richard Bolles of What Color is Your Parachute for Retirement; Dan Blaetner of The Blue Zone, and Others. John Nelson co-author of What Color is Your Parachute for Retirement, will helping to facilitate the Madison session.

More Great Programs at Next Chapter, Alicia Ashman Library

The Next Chapter Program is presenting two great programs for people 50+

September 23rd, 7 pm

Alicia Ashman Library

Old Sauk Road

The Use Medications and Older People: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

will be of interest to care-givers especially.

Learn about the best ways to use medicines, and avoid the pitfalls of overmedication.

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October 4th, 10 AM, Amy Onofrey, Senior Housing Specialist

Your Next Step: How to Create a Housing Plan!

She covers key considerations including: financial, locatiion, medical and lifestyle, but most of all how to integrate all these variables into a comprehensive plan.

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All programs are free and provide vital information to help you live a life you love living!

Couples Just Aren't Talking About It! Much less planning for their future together.

A recent study shows that couples are not even talking -- much less making plans for later life.
A survey showed that almost half didn't even know whether their partner would work in retirement, and more than one third disagreed about when their partner would retire. Barely four out of ten surveyed had done any financial planning at all.

Many people are just too busy leading their lives to have a good conversation about the next stage. Yet research shows that planning ahead increases your chances of obtaining the kind of future you would like.

Glenn Ruffenbach of the Wall Street Journal interviewed financial planners across the country to develop the "Top Ten Questions that You and Your Spouse Should Ask Yourselves About Retirement." He suggests that you should ideally be discussing these questions at least five years before retiring.

Here they are:

1. Do we really want to retire, and if so when?
2. What is our vision of retirement -- and do we share the same vision?
3. Where do we want to retire?
4. What's our strategy for building and preserving a nest egg?
5. What assets do we have for retirement - and are they invested in the most beneficial ways to achieve our goal?
6. How much money will we need to support our lifestyle in retirement?
7. Do we have an estate plan -- and where is it?
8. What will our legacy be?
9. What kind of relationships- personal and financial - do we want with our children and parents in later life?
10. How will each of us approach and manage, getting older?

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2Young2Retire: A Couples Conversation program gives people background information on this life transition, 3 tools that can help the conversation flow more easily and help you develop a future you love living. These are tools you can take home and use in a way that suits your partnership style.

We offer this program in different formats and can tailor it to your needs.

For more information check out http://www.2young2retiremadison.com/