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Older adults have valuable memories to share. Why don't we listen? 老年人有宝贵的回忆可以分享。我们为什么不听听呢？

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101322

Magdalen A. Balz , Kathrin Boerner

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Stories of home: Aging, intergenerational relations and dementia in Julia Martin's The Blackridge House: A memoir (2019) 朱莉娅·马丁的《布莱克里奇之家：回忆录》（2019）中的家庭故事：衰老、代际关系和痴呆

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101321

Óscar Ortega Montero

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Everything lost? On the interaction of queerness and dementia in Axel Ranisch's Dicke Mädchen (2011) 一切都失去了吗?论阿克塞尔·拉尼什的《迪克》Mädchen（2011）中酷儿与痴呆的相互作用

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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 “家庭是一种资源，而不是敌人”：加拿大家庭照顾者在COVID-19大流行访客限制中的经历

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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 为长者非正式照顾者建立社会支持网络：香港照顾者咖啡厅个案研究

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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 关于住宿和长期护理中心的人格

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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 神职人员的长寿：天主教神职人员的长者超越作用及其与感知健康状况和生活满意度的关系

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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 探索中年性解放：对杰基短篇小说中同性恋女性的交叉分析

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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 介绍特别版：性别和性老龄化的历史和文化的健康和医学

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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 气候转型与气候适应：前苏联老年移民在以色列的经历

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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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