Joseph Gaxiola, Stephanie Stuart, Sharon Bosley and Robert Toth — four long-term survivors of HIV (Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation on aging with HIV/AIDS.) More than 500,000 people over 50 in the U.S. a… Continue reading
In the difficult months after her husband Robert’s death, Joan Price found herself confronted with a veritable mountain of self-help books about grieving. None of them touched on the subject that would preoccupy her for the coming decade: What about se… Continue reading
In Lisa Taddeo’s new book, Three Women, she explores the sex lives of a trio of females, seeing how moments of passion altered their lives. My spouse should be included to make the book Four Women. Hers, however, would be a more celibate story, as woul… Continue reading
Darcey Steinke’s personal flash count diary filled three black and white composition-style notebooks. In them were recorded the extreme hot flashes she experienced over a two-year period when menopause hit her hard five years ago, at age 52. There coul… Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: In April, we asked Next Avenue readers to submit their questions about dating and relationships after 50. We received many thoughtful inquiries that touched on a wide range of topics. This story is another in our six-part series called … Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) HIV/AIDS used to be considered a disease of the young. In the early 1980s, when doctors first reported cases of HIV, nearly 70% of diagnoses were among people under 40… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Older people may be less likely to receive regular gynecological care because of factors like insurance coverage, belief among women that they no longer need gynecolog… Continue reading
News flash: Just because you (or your partner) cannot get pregnant does not mean you get a free pass to not practice safe sex. Unfortunately, this is a fact that many older Americans are realizing the hard way. Data from the Centers for Disease Control… Continue reading
After serving time in a long-term marriage, I got divorced and joined the dating market. I’m a boomer, and, while it’s been a challenge to find straight, sane men to date, nothing could have prepared me for the wacky world of online dating. Before Inte… Continue reading
When the parents of Natalie Perry and her sister sat their girls down for a family meeting, Perry learned that their father, a chief judge for the Court of Appeals in Boise, Idaho, was gay. The next day he moved out of the house and kept his secret in … Continue reading