When Max, 62, lost his 59-year-old wife Jan unexpectedly to a heart attack, he felt totally adrift for the better part of a year. He was not in good health himself, having been diagnosed with emphysema and having already suffered one heart attack. Because of his own frail health, he had always expected to be the first one to go, and he had never given a moment’s thought to what he would do or what life would be like if he were to be widowed.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: End of Life Planning–A Necessary Conversation