Caroline McKinnon knows grief: At 82, she has mourned loved ones and grieved the loss of her youth. She’s a grief therapist too, working in Marin County with older adults who, like herself, may be swimming in sadness from multiple sources.
Grief and aging go hand in hand, and barring a young death, everyone will experience both, eventually. But the kind of grief many older adults experience — from a “multiplicity of losses” when several peers die one after another to mourning the loss of youth, independence or purpose — often catches them off guard.
“Old age,” said McKinnon, “is not for sissies.”…