An aging plan should be designed so you can live well, even when you're feeling unwell. A successful aging plan includes health, financial, legal, housing and other care needs.

Learn about the tools, such as wills and trusts, that are fundamental in managing and distributing your assets.

In an ideal world, you would draft your will and it would speak for itself. Your heirs would accept your wishes and honor your memory. Morey Stettner is a personal-finance columnist for MarketWatch.

In an ideal world, you would draft your will and it would speak for itself. Your heirs would accept your wishes and honor your memory. Reality doesn't always work that way. Between 1% and 3% of ...