LIFE AFTER LOSS
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Guide to Planning
Wills and Trusts
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Getting Legal Help
When a family member dies, a lawyer can aid the family in solving many legal questions. Find out what steps you need to take next.
Guide for the Newly Widowed
In a difficult time, use these suggestions to help mourn and celebrate your spouse's life.
Helping Grandchildren
Deal With Grief
Here are some things you can say to your grandkids when they lose a parent.
Estate Planning Guide
Plan ahead as to who will inherit your property or what kind of medical treatment you want to receive or avoid.
Final Details
An overview of financial and legal steps to take when a family member or loved one dies.
In Henry Elliott's final weeks, hospice eased his life, gave him dignity in death—and comforted his loving family.
Never Too Young for an Advance Directive
When planning for the inevitable, draw up your advance directives as part of your life portfolio to be sure your loved ones make health choices according to your wishes.
Saying Good-bye
to Parents
The son of conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and socialite Patricia Taylor Buckley, Christopher copes with losing his mother and father within a year's time.
From the Online Community
Journal: 'We' Became 'Me'
Cruelladavl1 rebuilds after her husband loses his battle with cancer.
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Poetry for Recovery
A new anthology of 115 poems describing trauma—illness and abuse, divorce and addiction, the death of a spouse or a child, and exile and war.
License to Steal
What was the mental condition of Manhattan socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor when she changed her will in the final years of her life? How jurors decide this question will likely determine the outcome of her son's trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from her estate, legal experts say.
On Love and Death
Minister Forrest Church, son of former Sen. Frank Church, didn't expect to live until age 60. Dying from cancer, Church he feels grateful to be alive, and he spoke with AARP Radio about his belief that his remaining days are a gift.
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