Ep. 449 Open to Love: Senior Dating After Loss and Grief with Drs. Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers

End-of-Life University

Learn about an informative and inspirational book to help seniors find love in their lives after experiencing loss through death or divorce.

My special guests this week, Drs. Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers, are a senior couple who met later in life, after experiencing loss. Gloria is a marriage and family therapist and Frank is a psychologist so between them they possess a lot of knowledge about grief, loss and relationships, including the deadly impact of loneliness on seniors in our society. Together they’ve written the book Open to Love: The Secrets of Senior Dating, which springs from their own experience of meeting and falling in love through a senior dating app. They share their tips and suggestions for seniors looking for love and facing the challenge of dating after a long-term relationship. Learn more at their websites:

opentohope.com

goldendatingdoctors.com

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This episode includes:

• The value of senior dating for alleviating loneliness and isolation in later life
• What seniors need to know about the current dating world
• Tips for trying an online dating app for the first time
• The most important qualities to look for in a later life partner
• Advice for later life partners whose children are not supportive of their new relationship
• How seniors in a new relationship might discuss difficult issues such as finances, caregiving expectations and end-of-life preparations
• What senior couples should consider before deciding whether or not to marry

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