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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

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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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Mobilities and leisure in later ages: The role of religious tourism in the lives of low-income older women in India

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101302

Prajwal Nagesh , Ajay Bailey , Sobin George , Lekha Subaiya

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Reassessing the goals of musical activities for people living with dementia: Supporting joint agency, selfhood and couplehood with an embodied and relational approach 重新评估痴呆症患者音乐活动的目标：用体现和关系的方法支持联合机构、自我身份和夫妻身份

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101289

Justin Christensen, Renee Timmers, Jennifer MacRitchie

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Radio dramatization of aging in Harold Pinter's A Slight Ache 哈罗德-品特的《微痛》中有关衰老的广播剧

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101290

Chen Su

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How do we understand ‘age’ and ‘aging’? Cultural constructions of the ‘aging’ experience in British English and Chinese from a linguistic perspective 我们如何理解 "年龄 "和 "衰老"？从语言学角度看英式英语和汉语中 "衰老 "体验的文化建构

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101288

Taochen Zhou

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Socio-spatial analysis of Australian residential care facilities: A case study of traditional, medium, and small household models 澳大利亚寄宿护理设施的社会空间分析：传统、中型和小型家庭模式案例研究

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101287

Sarah McGann , Holly Farley , Caroline Bulsara , Anahita Sal Moslehian

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Aging together-with: The growing older of humans, non-humans and more-than-humans. A commentary 共同变老：人类、非人类和超人类的老龄化。评论

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101280

Stephen Katz

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Hidden in plain sight: Women and gendered dementia dynamics in the Australian Aged Care Royal Commission 隐藏在众目睽睽之下：澳大利亚老年护理皇家委员会中的女性与性别痴呆症动态关系

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101285

Kristina Chelberg , Linda Steele

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