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Everything lost? On the interaction of queerness and dementia in Axel Ranisch's Dicke Mädchen (2011)

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101309

Stefan Horlacher, Franziska Röber

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“Families are a resource, not the enemy”: Canadian family caregivers' experiences of COVID-19 pandemic visitor restrictions

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101311

Kirstian Gibson , Heather Alford , Heather Ward , Paulette V. Hunter

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Building a social support network for informal caregivers of older adults: A case study of Carer Cafés in Hong Kong

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101310

Ka-yi Fung , Wing-sun Chan

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On personhood in residential and long-term care centres

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101308

Eric Gagnon , Romane Marcotte

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Priests aging well: The role of gerotranscendence and its relationships with perceived health status, and life satisfaction among Catholic priests

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101301

Jordan Orbe , Michiko Iwasaki , Anthony Isacco , Carolyn McNamara Barry , Molly Quigley , John Dimoff

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Exploring sexual liberation in middle age: An intersectional analysis of homosexual women in Jackie Kay's short stories

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101307

Verónica Vizcaíno

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Introduction to special edition: Gender and sexual aging in the history and culture of health and medicine

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101306

Alison Downham Moore , Sarah Lamb

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Climate transition and climate adaptation: The experiences of older immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101304

Natalie Ulitsa, Liat Ayalon

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I care a lot: A political economic approach to aging

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101303

Elif Çevik , Orhan Çevik

{"title":"I care a lot: A political economic approach to aging","authors":"Elif Çevik , Orhan Çevik","doi":"10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101303","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101303","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this scholarly investigation, the discourse revolves around the phenomenon of aging, a salient concern within the realm of social policy and social services, as elucidated through the portrayal of older individuals in the films <em>I Care a Lot</em>, <em>I, Daniel Blake</em>, <em>Lun Lok Yan</em>, and <em>Bizi Hatırla</em>. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study's research design was structured as a case study, with the thematic content analysis method being employed for data examination. The underpinning theoretical framework of this research hinged upon Carroll Estes' political economy model. This comprehensive model scrutinizes the overarching concept of aging on a macroscopic scale, delving into its ideological, state-related, gender-based, post-industrial capitalist, and globalized dimensions, while concurrently delving into the interwoven systems of subjugation at a micro level, which encompass class, race/ethnicity, gender, and citizenship. Primarily, the study delves into aging and its multifaceted dimensions, encompassing demographic, societal, and historical facets. Subsequently, it elucidates the challenges that manifest during the aging process and elucidates prominent social theories pertaining to older people. The political economy theory, coupled with Estes' model, is elaborated upon expansively. The concluding segment, centered on film analysis, subjects the selected film to a detailed examination, aligning with five research inquiries fashioned in consonance with the aforementioned theoretical framework. The findings thus gleaned evinced a congruence between the cinematic portrayal of aging experiences and the precepts of the political economy theory, thus lending support to Estes' perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47935,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging Studies","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101303"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial for the special issue the growing older of humans, nonhumans, and more-than-humans

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101305

Michela Cozza , Anna Wanka

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