How Seniors Can Handle Widowhood Divorce, and Remarriage Issues

Feb. 6, 2012 - PRLog -- The Society of Certified Senior Advisors has released an article that discusses senior relationships and the effects of widowhood, divorce and remarriage. Living longer means there is more time for relationships to transform and in when a life-changing event such as a drastic change in a relationship occurs, a senior will need extra support from family, friends and often counselors to help with the adjustment.

Excerpts from article:

Widowhood

When a spouse dies, the other spouse experiences a painful period of bereavement, severe loneliness, restlessness, insomnia, and generally, poor mental, emotional, and physical well-being. A Laurea University of Applied Sciences 2009 Study revealed that loneliness is a significant issue for elderly widows, and is often the cause for the development of life- threatening illnesses and life-altering depression at higher rates than their married equivalents.

Divorce

A recent trend for seniors is a rise in divorce rates. This video shows a CBS television interview with author Deirdre Bair who wrote the book Calling It Quits after interviewing numerous senior couples and their children. She found that men and women are not willing to stay in unhappy marriages now that life spans are expected to be longer. She also discovered that women are feeling more empowered to leave an unhappy marriage.

This press release contains only small excerpts from its original source. To read the full length of, How Seniors Can Handle Widowhood, Divorce and Remarriage Issues, visit our Senior Care Library at http://www.csa.us/CaringForSeniorsLibrary

The Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA), provides free resources and tools for our members as an ongoing commitment that we have in helping professionals to understand the complex and dynamic lives of modern senior citizens.

About SCSA

SCSA’s mission is to educate professionals to work more effectively with their senior clients. For those who work with seniors, this means understanding the key health, social and financial factors that are important to seniors—and how these factors work together. For more information about SCSA and its educational course, please visit www.csa.us.

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