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Relationships and family

As you get older your relationships carry more meaning and you may begin to lose life-long friends.

Main topics

  • How to adjust to living alone

    Although it may be scary to begin with, living on our own is a situation most of us can adapt to.

  • Remarrying

    There are some key practical issues to consider when remarrying or forming a new civil partnership.

  • End of life issues

    Thinking about the end of life can be difficult, but being informed can help us stay in control of the way we die.

  • Coping with bereavement

    When you lose someone, it can feel like your world has fallen apart. Our advice and support can help you cope.

  • Guide to dating

    Getting older doesn’t mean that our need for closeness and companionship goes away.

  • Sex in later life

    Sexuality doesn’t just disappear as you age and it’s perfectly natural to have sexual desires.

Tips from widows

Following her own experience of bereavement, Jan Robinson published a book of advice, gathered from others who have also lost their husband.

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