Consider that ten thousand baby boomers turn 65 every day, and one out of every five has no children! Add to that the ever-growing number of older adults aging alone for other reasons, and we end up with millions of Solo Agers. Without the safety net of adult children, childfree boomers and others, aging alone will need a well-scripted plan for their later years.

Sara Zeff Geber, author of Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers, is an expert on life planning for people aging alone and those without children. She is a certified retirement coach, a blogger on retirement for Forbes.com, and the founder of LifeEncore, a retirement coaching consultancy.

Based on five years of research, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers delivers important information on housing choices, legal documents, financial security, and more. It includes true, inspiring, and heartwarming stories of how independent boomers are negotiating this last stage of life, happily and successfully.