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       I .       So you're not computer literate.
                   1. What can you use the Internet to do?
                   2. Training at community colleges.
                   3. Use the Internet to find information.
                   4. If you don't have access to a computer.  

   II.      Funding your retirement.
              1. Main sources of retiree's income.
              2. Annuities.
              3. Value of your home & reverse mortgages.
              4. Investment sources of advice and guidance. 
              5. Estate planning.
              6. Do-not-resuscitate forms and information.
              7. Check on your pension.
              8. How Social Security works. Calculating your benefits.
              9. Filing tax returns with IRS.
             10. Protecting your credit.                 

   III.       Find a part-time or temporary job.
              1. Why seniors work?
              2. What do employers want?
              3. Part-time and temporary jobs often filled by seniors.
              4. Where to look.
              5. AARP best employers for workers over 50.                              

   IV.     Volunteer.    
              1. List of charities and non-profits.                                      

    V.       Prescription drugs.
              1. How Medicare helps.
              2. Buying scripts on-line.
              3. Buying scripts from Canada.
              4. Comparison shopping.     

         VI.     Memory loss.
                   1. Symptoms.
                   2. Age-associated memory impairment and Alzheimer's.
                   3. Common questions.
                   4. Research.

     VII .  Where do retirees live?
                  1. At home, with a family member, retirement home, etc.
               2. Geographic areas.

     VIII.    Live better and longer.
                  1. Diets and foods that help prolong life.  
               2. List of activities, lifestyles and actions that help you live longer.
               3. Leading risk factors for heart attack.
               4. Business Week's Carol Marie Cropper list of best medical web sites                       
               5. Common signs associated with cancer.

      IX.       Health insurance costs will increase.

      X.      Assisted living, housing options, long-term care insurance. 
                   1. Your options.
               2.  How Medicare helps.
               3. Find the right assisted living center. 
                      A. Questions to ask.
               4.  Evaluating long-term care insurance.
               5.  The costs & benefits of long-term care insurance.
               6. List and contact information of organizations that help.

       XI.     Continue your education.
               1.  List of colleges & universities.
               2.  List of programs offered.

       XII.  When friends pass on.
                   1.      Poems to send to express concern.   

       XIII.  Furry friends for companionship.
               1.      Get a dog.
               2.      Get a cat.

       XIV.  Appendix.
                   1.      Contact information for charities and non-profits.
               2.      Healthy eating tips from the American Dietetic Association.
               3.      BLS chart of estimates & projections of the older population.
               4.      Chart of labor force participation ages 55-64.
               5.      Firms that will re-write your resume
               6.   List of common scams that cheat seniors

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