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Polyamorous elders : aging in open relationships / Kathy Labriola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Labriola, Kathy, author.
- Series:
- Diverse sexualities, genders, and relationships.
- Diverse sexualities, genders, and relationships
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Non-monogamous relationships.
- Older people--Social conditions.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 pages).
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- "As a clinician working with many elders in long-term polyamorous relationships, I have been struck by the dearth of research and information on this fascinating phenomenon. This book bridges that gap and describes the unique challenges as well as the significant advantages of aging in polyamorous relationships, and allows these unusual elders to tell their stories in their own words"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- First of all, sex!
- Some poly people naturally shift to monogamy as they age
- Poly geezers and celibacy
- The curious phenomenon of successful older poly-mono couples
- Elders trying to explain polyamory to their adult kids
- Older people who were "poly before polyamory was Invented"
- Conflicts over a partner's adult children and/or grandchildren
- When one partner Is already retired and another partner
- When one partner retires but one or more partners are still working eventually retires
- When one partner retires but one or more partners are still working
- Retirement can create more time and energy for poly relationships, and poly geezers are pretty good at time and energy management
- Retirement can shine a spotlight on incompatibilities
- Poly elders fear discrimination and hostility in senior housing
- What are the options for polys in senior living?
- The effects of medical conditions on poly elders and relationships
- Caregiving responsibilities for elderly relatives
- Advantages of polyamory through caregiving, death, and mourning
- Twenty-first-century pandemics and poly elders
- Poly mutual aid
- What are the developmental tasks for poly elders?
- Poly Geezers Creating a New Life "Postcareer and Postkids"
- "Life review" as a developmental task for poly geezers
- Poly elders accepting the deaths of loved ones, and their own mortality
- Legal and financial Issues for poly elders
- A few parting words and directions for further study.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on April 26, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42373-7
- 1-5381-6928-2
- OCLC:
- 1336012709
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