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Books / monographs
Advisers
Advisers: Planning Orientation
Anthony, Mitch, Your Clients For Life: The Definitive Guide to Becoming a Successful Financial Life Planner
Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002, $35.00
Anthony shows financial professionals how to develop a practice using a new and holistic approach to financial planning.
Bachrach, Anne M., Keys to Working Less, Making More Money, and Having a More Balanced Life
2007, Free
http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/bw/requestreport.php
Free report, available by request.
Jetton, Elizabeth, Moving from Financial Planning to Financial Life Planning
TIAA-CREF Institute, August 2009, Free
http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/pdf/research/trends_issues/ti_financialplanning0809a.pdf
Jetton describes the scope, importance, methods, and success measurement of holistic planning, urging traditional financial planners to step up to this kind of approach.
National Survey of 800 Americans age 60-74
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Summer 2008
http://news.thrivent.com/newsroom/news/index.phtml?id=486
Notice of results, reporting that while most people who get financial advice for their retirement years have been very happy that they did, most older consumers say they do not want this kind of help.
Yanikoski, Charles S., New Wild West, The: Integrating Financial and Life Planning in the Second Half of Life
Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc., August 2009, Free
http://www.stillriverretire.com/Downloads/IntegrativePlanning_paper.pdf
Yanikoski argues that integrative planning is inevitably in our future, and outlines how it might work.
Advisers: Communication
Liebman, Jeffrey B., and Lutt, Erzo F.P., Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence from a Field Experiment
National Bureau for Economic Research, August 2011, Free
http://www.nber.org/papers/w17287
In their experiment, sending an informational brochure and an invitation to a web-tutorial produced a modest but statistically significant increase in delayed retirement, compared to a control group, especially among women.
Advisers: Best practices
Coe, Norma B., and Haverstick, Kelly, How Can Customized Information Change Financial Plans?
Boston College Center for Retirement Research, March 2011, Free
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Briefs/IB_11-4.pdf
Coe and Haverstick found that tailored advice led about two-thirds of people to change their plans.
Kay, Michael F., Business of Life, The
AdvisorPress, 2010, $34.95
http://www.amazon.com/Business-Life-Michael-F-Kay/dp/1603530215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301762277&sr=8-1
An excellent step-by-step guide to building a Financial Life Planning practice.
Kennedy, Michael B., et al, PricewaterhouseCoopers Guide to Charitable Giving
Wiley, 2002, $36.95
http://www.amazon.com/PricewaterhouseCoopers-Guide-Charitable-Giving-LLP/dp/0471235032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274883501&sr=1-1
This reference book deals with the tax and accounting technicalities of different charitable giving methods.
Melzer, Mendel A., andLeinenbach, Julie, Evaluation Scorecard for Retirement Income Products
Institutional Retirement Income Council, May 2011, Free
http://iricouncil.org/docs/Evaluation%20Scorecard%20for%20Retirement%20Income%20Products.pdf
Melzer and Leinenbach of The Newport Group propose a set of five criteria for evaluating products intended to provide lifetime retirement income to plan members.
Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2010, Free
http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA10-4515/toolkitoverview_final.pdf
A handbook containing resources to help staff in senior living communities promote mental health and prevent suicide among their residents.
Rothwell, William J., Adult Learning Basics
ASTD Press, 2008, $29.95
http://www.amazon.com/Adult-Learning-Basics-ASTD-Training/dp/1562865331/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277756164&sr=1-13#noop
This is a good book for people who want a background in learning theory, and in how it applies in particular to workplace learning, though other topics are also covered.
Advisers: Other / general / not specified
Hung, Angela A., et al, Investor Knowledge and Experience with Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers
Pension Research Council, 2010
http://www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/publications/document.php?file=920
The authors found that survey subjects and focus group participants did not understand the key distinctions between investment advisers and broker-dealers: their duties, the titles they use, the services they offer, or the fees they charge.
Parsons, Vicki and Gregory M., Simple Expressions: Creative & Therapeutic Arts for the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities
Venture Publ., 1998, $19.98
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Expressions-Therapeutic-Long-Term-Facilities/dp/0910251975/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278436836&sr=1-1
Offers very simple arts projects, probably too simple for all but the significantly impaired.