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With all of these aspects of a widowed individual being affected maintaining a sense of normality is important to help avoid depression-like symptoms. Social support, as well as creating new lasting relationships through social interaction can help the process of bereavement go smoother for individuals who experience the widow effect.
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."
Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or other living thing to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.
In Galloway-Cole’s everyday life, her grief sometimes feels like a stumbling block to connection with other young people – she doesn’t always know when to mention her loss, can’t predict ...
In most states, the elective share is between one-third and one-half of all the property in the estate, although many states require the marriage to have lasted a certain number of years for the elective share to be claimed, or adjust the share based on the length of the marriage, and the presence of minor children. Some states also reduce the ...
"It dawned on me the other day: I'm a widow, I'm an orphan, because my mother also passed, and I'm an empty nester all at the same time," she said. "If you're not careful, what you've lost in life ...
Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family.One of its most important functions was providing a livelihood for the wife if she became widowed, and it is most often used in this sense, interchangeably with dower.
She cited data showing that the average widow sees a 33% to 50% reduction in Social Security benefits after the death of her spouse. That can create enormous financial difficulties, mainly because ...