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Retirement
– is it your dream or nightmare? In order
to make retirement “the time of your life”,
there are many important issues to consider and
plan. The following is a selected list of resources
at the Kitchener Public Library that examines
some of the key elements and strategies available
to help make your retirement something you look
forward waking up to.
FINANCIAL
PLANNING
Is
Your Retirement at Risk?: Winning Strategies for
a Financially Secure Future
Ranga Chand
332.02401 Chand
Bulls,
Bears and Pigs: How to Find Balance in Your Financial
Life
Cork, David
332.02401 Cork
Buying
Time: Trading Your Savings for Income and Lifestyle
in Your Prime Retirement Years
Diamond, Daryl
332.02401 Diam
Stop
Working, Here’s How You Can: Using the Strategy
of Canada’s Youngest Retiree
Foster, Derek
332.024 Foste
Finances
After 55: Make the Transition From Earning a Living
to Retirement Living
Sylvia
Lim
332.02401 Lim
The
Canadian Retirement Guide
Jill O’Donnell
332.024 ODonn
The
Retirement Time Bomb: How to Achieve Financial
Independence in a Changing World
Gordon Pape
332.02401 Pape
The
Naked Investor: Why Almost Everybody But You Gets
Rich on Your RRSP
John Reynolds
332.02401 Reyno
Why
Swim with the Sharks?: an Unconventional Guide
to Early Retirement
Diana Salomaa
332.024 Salom
The
Pension Strategy for Canadians: the Ultimate Guide
to Personal Iinvesting
Andrew Springett
332.02401 Sprin
Smoke
& Mirrors: Financial Myths That Will Ruin
Your Retirement Dreams
David Trahair
332.02401 Traha
Financial
Survival for the 21st Century
Graydon Watters
332.02401 Watte
RETIREMENT
CAREERS
50
Plus!: Critical Career Decisions for the Rest
of Your Life
Robert Dilenschneider
650.140846 Dilen
Retirement
Careers
DeLoss Marsh
331.7020846 Marsh
The
100 Best Businesses to Start When You Don’t
Want to Work Hard Anymore
Lisa Rogak
658.1141 Rogak
Active
Retirement for Affluent Workaholics: Planning
for the Life You’ve Always Wanted
Peter Silton
646.79 Silto
RETIREMENT:
A BEGINNING
The
Spirit of Retirement: Creating a Life of Meaning
and Personal Growth
James Autry
649.79 Autry
The
Third Act: Reinventing Yourself After Retirement
Edgar Bronfman
305.90696 Bronf
Retirement
Guide for Canadians: an Overall Plan for a Comfortable
Future
Henry Hunnisett
646.790971 Hunni
Re-tire
with a Dash: the Secret to Retirement Happiness
Alan Roadburg
646.79 Roadb
Retirement
for two
Maryanne Vandervelde
646.79 Vande
WEB
SITES
www.carp.ca
Canada’s largest advocacy group for people
over 50. Provides information on employment, job
opportunities, articles on various topics such
as health, ageing, and finances.
www.seniors.gc.ca
Seniors Canada On-line
Government of Canada information source for seniors,
caregivers, families offering access to authoritative
information from government and well-known non-government
organizations
www.moneysense.ca
Moneysense Magazine
One of Canada’s leading personal finance
magazines.
Click on “Planning” to get information
on Retirement and RSPs, Retirement Living, Careers
After 50, and Retirement Forum
CONTACTS
Bridging
the Gap
Kitchener - Community Services Department
1405 King St E. Kitchener 741-2507
Retirement planning program of peer helper volunteers
that provide support and sessions to help retirees
or those planning on retiring.
Canada’s
Association for the Fifty-Plus
Rockway Seniors Centre
1405 King St. E. Kitchener 579-3800
Promotes interests of mature Canadians and holds
regular meetings.
Department
of Social Development
409 Weber St W. Kitchener 1-800-277-9914
Deals with CPP, Retirement Pension and income
security programs.
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