Amazing Spring News

Only in the last several months have I accepted the term “widow” as applying to me. With that acceptance has come a strong interest in the issues that face people in my situation: men and women who have lost their spouse. In my usual fashion, I learned via reading and attending conferences some interesting facts that you may know already, but was news to me:

  • Women represent 77% of the widowed population
  • Men and women worry about much the same things: we fear we’ll outlive our assets, we worry about transferring what assets may remain, and we worry that we’ll end up being dependent on our children

~ Cora, CEO and FounderRead more in my new Letter from the CEO.

Featured Member

As part of a ‪‎lifestyle‬ and ‪‎aging‬ series, we are working with renowned photographer Terry Lorant to showcase inspirational leaders in the industry. Read about them every other month on our blog and in our newsletter.

Meet this month’s featured Member, Paula Morgan, an ACN Member and the Founder and CEO of Morgan Consulting on the blog HERE.

“Doctors are trained to keep us alive and to cure us. It’s only recently that we’re getting a bigger cadre of physicians and nurses being trained in hospice and palliative care.”