Primary Education Topic:
Aging in Community
Other Education Topics:
Caregiving
Health & Wellness
Can having close connections and friends in later life make you healthier?
By Barbara Meltzer
I am a single woman without children, journeying through what author Mary Catherine Bateson refers to as a “second adulthood.” I live alone. And I am doing my best to gracefully grapple with the vicissitudes of getting older. Depending upon health and finances, more years can mean more trips, more books to read and more people to meet.