Getting older and losing your autonomy is even harder without family around. You need to consider both the practical and emotional issues involved My wife and I are in our late 70s, and have been married for more than 40 years. We didn’t have kids and were rather traumatised after failed IVF.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/nov/01/late-70s-no-children-who-help-old-age-annalisa-barbieri)