Most senior citizens learn to adapt to the loss of a partner

By Abigail Jones and Scott SellTuesday, August 10, 2010

For months after her husband of 52 years died last spring, Laurel Frisch struggled to read a book. She couldn't make decisions; she only occasionally left her Rockville home. In those rare moments when she could summon the energy, she wandered aimlessly through stores.

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