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Common age-old fear : Older adults fear dying alone

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By Judith Graham Verified
| TimesDaily Verified
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An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

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By Judith Graham Verified
| Spirit of Change Magazine
Photo©aberrantrealities/123rf This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no siblings,” Barden remembered saying. “Who’s going to hold my hand while I die?” Barden, 75, never had children. She’s lived on her own in western Massachusetts since her husband passed away in 2003. “You hit a point in your life when you’re not climbing up anymore, you’re climbing down,” she told me.
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An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

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By Judith Graham Verified
| POZ Verified
This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no siblings,” Barden remembered saying. “Who’s going to hold my hand while I die?” Barden, 75, never had children. She’s lived on her own in western Massachusetts since her husband passed away in 2003. “You hit a point in your life when you’re not climbing up anymore, you’re climbing down,” she told me.
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