For many older women, traditional societal expectations of partnership are giving way to a profound desire for independence, ...

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A while back, we wrote a post where older adults who chose to stay single shared ... I'm not treated differently, nor do I feel awkward. Single or widowed doesn't mean alone or lonely. I miss him ...

"I've helped people and been helped by others, so it's been an opportunity to grow ... lonely and difficult." —Anonymous, 62, California Fellow older women who never got married, what is being ...

I have no children. I’ve rounded up the old medication I saved and plan to crawl into bed in a few weeks and really pray that I will overdose to death. I’ve willed my body to one of the med ...

She’s in her late 50s, and not-so-old and is relatively healthy. When I Google my symptoms, I realise that I’m not alone, but the anxiety has set in too early. It’s not at all sudden though ...

"The plan was to grow old together," Bruna, a volunteer at Cobb County Animal Services in Georgia, explained in a video posted to her TikTok, @Sharing.lov3, last month. Sadly, life had other plans.

Sixty-eight-year-old Madam Aminah lives in a multi-generational household with her son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren. Yet, she feels extremely lonely. Join ST's Telegram channel and get ...

Let's take a look at some of the most insightful things they had to say about the most challenging parts of growing old: 1."The hardest part of my getting older, now at 90, is being alone.

As we celebrate Older Americans Month and its 2025 theme, “Flip the Script on Aging,” I’m reminded how vital it is to challenge outdated views of growing older and focus on what matters ...