Relationships & family

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As you get older your relationships carry more meaning and you may begin to lose life-long friends and have other relationship challenges to contend with.

Successful relationships

What are the secrets of a long-lasting relationship? We decided to try and find out
Find the magic formula
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Love in later life

Julie Banks speaks to relationship expert Donna Dawson about ways to find love in later life.

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Love in later life

Telephone befriending

Find out about our 'Call in Time' befriending service
Read about telephone befriending
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Bereavement

Although bereavement is a highly personal and often traumatic event, many people go through a range of recognisable reactions and emotions when someone they are close to dies.
 
How to cope with bereavement
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Older lesbian, gay and bisexual

Many of the issues in relation to planning for later life are very similar whether you are gay or heterosexual. However‚ there are some things that might need different attention especially if you have worries about being discriminated against. 
 
Plan for later life
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Grandparenting and the art of negotiation

Being the kind of grandparent that fits what you, your children and your grandchildren want, involves compromise, concession and conciliation on all sides. 
 
  
Learn the art of negotiation
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