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8/7/08: Love in Later Life

Author Amanda Smith Barusch describes her research of elderly romance in her book \"Love Stories of Later Life.\"
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Author Amanda Smith Barusch describes her research of elderly romance in her book \"Love Stories of Later Life.\"

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – The word romance may conjure up images of youthful flirtation and physicality, but more and more people in the retirement set are finding love in later life. On Thursday, Doug talks with gerontologist Amanda Smith Barusch about her research into what love and romance mean in seniors' lives and the idea that love continues to sculpt our personalities even in life's later decades.

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