After completing Estate Planning: Retirement Issues the user should be able to:

	Explain the benefits covered by Social Security income
	Distinguish the different types of medical benefits available at retirement
	Examine the alternatives to appointing a guardian if the estate can no longer be managed
	Explain the functions of a living will and a health care power of attorney
	Define final wishes such as anatomical gifts and burial wishes in the estate plan

Social Security

	What you can expect at Social Security time
	A beneficiary other than the covered worker
	Yes you're taxed on benefits
	Will Social Security be there for us?

Other Retirement Benefits

	Medicare for your aches and pains
	Filling those gaps
	Good grief will Medicare be there?
	Long-term care insurance
	Medicaid these days
	No you can't give it away

Preserving Your Assets

	Guardianship and why you wouldn't want it
	Durable power of attorney for finances

Health-Related Issues

	Addressing your health care wishes
	Health care documents

Final Considerations

	Becoming an organ donor
	Last words last rites and other finalities

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice the skills needed to prepare an estate plan
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	A file containing the text of the legal documents presented in the course
	Activities that allow users to apply concepts in an interactive questioning environment
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Estate Planning: Starting an Estate Plan (EPLC01)
	Estate Planning: Sorting Out Your Assets (EPLC02)
	Estate Planning: Preparing Your Will (EPLC03)
	Estate Planning: All About Probate (EPLC04)
	Estate Planning: Considering Your Family (EPLC05)
	Estate Planning: Taxes to Expect (EPLC06)
	Estate Planning: Tax Strategies (EPLC07)