_ Loneliness WidowhoodVolunteering 2 Hours Per Week Reduces Loneliness in Widowed Older Adults By Sondra Forsyth articleWidowed older adults can reduce the loneliness that results from the death of a spouse by volunteering 100 hours per … Read More→
_ WidowhoodGrief Delayed Is Not Grief Denied By Sondra Forsyth articleIt all seems pretty straightforward – almost formulaic in a way. You lose someone you love. It feels terrible. You … Read More→
_ Depression Mental & Emotional Health WidowhoodVirtual Support Groups Help Grieving Spouses with Depression By Sondra Forsyth articleAs the U.S. population ages, it’s estimated that half of women older than 65 are widows, while one-sixth of men … Read More→
_ WidowhoodDon’t Speak: The “Censorship” of Grief By Sondra Forsyth article“Don’t speak I know what you’re saying So please stop explaining Don’t tell me cause it hurts” “Don’t Speak”, song … Read More→
_ Dating Divorce Parenting Relationships & Love WidowhoodWhen Parents Resume Dating - and What Their Children Have to Say By Sondra Forsyth articleWhen our children were young, it seems like everything that we parents did was “right” – at least in their … Read More→
_ Dating WidowhoodHow to Date a Widow or Widower (It’s Really Not Scary!) By Sondra Forsyth articleAs both a grief recovery expert and a widow with more than her fair share of post-widowhood dating experience, I … Read More→
_ Loneliness WidowhoodCouples' Quality of Life Linked Even After One Spouse Dies By Jane Farrell articleWhen one spouse passes away, his or her characteristics continue to be linked with the surviving spouse’s well-being, according to … Read More→
_ WidowhoodResearchers Call for Hospitals to Establish Bereavement Programs By thirdAGE articleBacked by a growing body of research, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston are calling for all hospitals to … Read More→
_ WidowhoodIn Defense of Living Again After Loss By thirdAGE articleIf the article title sounds a bit baffling…it’s because that it is a bit baffling. Why should anyone feel as … Read More→
WidowhoodGrief Shaming: The Latest Form of Bereavement Judgment By Adprime Admin articleBlame it on the ability to remain anonymous, on people who have very small lives or a combination thereof. In … Read More→
WidowhoodRecognizing and Speaking the “Language” of Grief By articleAfter ten years, hundreds of thousands of letters and emails and untold stories of every manner of loss imaginable, it … Read More→
WidowhoodBroken Heart Syndrome: It Is a “Thing” By articleWe have all seen the stories many times. A couple who were married for decades die within days, hours or … Read More→
Marriage WidowhoodWhen Husbands Are Caregivers, Divorce Is More Likely By articleResearch done at Iowa State University study analyzed the divorce rate for couples in which either spouse was diagnosed with … Read More→
WidowhoodAttack of the Grief Monster By thirdAGE articleThere is a “monster” who quietly lurks among those who have suffered a loss and are bereaved. It is stealthy … Read More→
_ WidowhoodA New Therapy to Help with "Complicated Grief" By Jane Farrell articleTargeted therapy may help millions of older women afflicted with a kind of grief that could lead to suicide. “Complicated … Read More→
_ WidowhoodAge Alters Immune Response to Grief By articleYoung people have a more robust immune response to the loss of a loved one, according to new research from … Read More→
_ WidowhoodMourning the Death Of A Spouse By Jane Farrell articleLosing a spouse is one of life’s most heartbreaking events. You may react in a number of different ways: sorrow, fear, even anger (that your husband didn’t look after his health, for example). You can also feel guilty that you have survived, while he hasn’t. You may even feel a certain sense of relief, especially if you have been an in–home caregiver or your spouse has been in a nursing home.
_ WidowhoodBereavement Ups Heart Attack & Stroke Risk By articleWe really can die of a broken heart – or at least suffer serious adverse health events. The risk of having a heart attack or stroke increases significantly during the 30 days after a partner's death, according to a study done at St. Georges College in London and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on February 24th 2014.