May is Older Americans Month, a term I hate because after all, what is an Older American? It is supposed to refer to the elders of our communities, which I guess I’d be considered, but I certainly don’t feel that I am! Similarly, Gray Divorce, the growing trend since...
I’ve written before about how rates of divorce among couples age 50 and older are on the rise, and in fact they are continuing to increase! Even as divorce rates across America are on the decline generally, this category of Gray Divorce, which is a specialty of our...
In the past few years, I’ve learned about Medicaid Divorce as a part of my Gray Divorce practice. It’s complicated and sort of rare, but it’s definitely happening, so I thought it would be a good time to introduce this concept during Older Americans Month. Medicaid...
As people live longer, and more independently, it’s no wonder we’re seeing a trend of rising divorce rates for Americans older than 50. It used to be that once a couple passed several decades together, they were in it until the end. Not so anymore. Today, a marriage...
After I read this New York Times article, I knew I had to write about adult children of divorce. We have so much research on children of divorce but it’s focused mostly on young children, even middle school age children or high school. There are really no studies on...