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          "title": "Older Adults Developing a Preference for Living Apart Together",
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          "date": "2016",
          "supports": "Interview study of 25 Midwestern adults aged 60 and older in living apart together relationships; reasons included staying independent, keeping their own homes, keeping existing family boundaries and staying financially independent."
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          "title": "Repartnering Following Gray Divorce: The Roles of Resources and Constraints for Women and Men",
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          "supports": "About 22% of women and 37% of men repartnered within 10 years after a divorce at 50 or older, and repartnering more often happened through cohabitation than remarriage."
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          "supports": "Interviews with 27 adult children of a widowed parent who repartnered found two themes, loyalty conflict and comparison between the deceased parent and the new partner."
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          "publisher": "The Journals of Gerontology, Series B",
          "date": "2022",
          "supports": "After gray divorce, fathers' repartnering had an enduring negative effect on frequent contact with adult children, while repartnering had no appreciable effect on mothers' relationships with adult children."
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      "title": "Older Americans Are Redefining Aging Alone",
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      "author": "Dr. Vivek Murthy",
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      "title": "Planning Tips for People Without Caregivers Nearby",
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        "id": "open-ended",
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        "id": "even-keel",
        "name": "Even Keel",
        "summary": "No single lean stands out in your answers.",
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