Couples Lived Experience

Inclusion Criteria

• •Longitudinal Portion
• •1. Community dwelling older adult aged 65 years or older
• •2. Must speak English as the study measures are not validated in other languages.
• •3. Must express intent to commit to ongoing participation in longitudinal study with assessments every 6 months for 3 years,
• •4. Is part of a couple and their spouse/partner is also willing to participate in the project. All couples, regardless of sexual orientation or gender preference are eligible to participate
• •5. Both members of the couple must cohabitate at the time of enrollment.
• •6. Must have stable internet connection and capability to stream video with audio.
• •7. A subset of the longitudinal study participants (selected at random) will be invited to be participate in a focus group upon completion of the last (3 year) quantitative assessment. These participants must be willing to have their comments recorded.