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“I feel like if someone young saves me, I can live”: The experiences of older Nepalis amidst a changing climate “我觉得如果有年轻人救我，我就能活下去”：尼泊尔老年人在气候变化中的经历。

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101409

Liat Ayalon, Senjooti Roy

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Generativity among older adults who became disabled early in life: Helping oneself through contributing to others 早期残疾的老年人的生育能力：通过帮助他人来帮助自己

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101404

Feliciano Villar , Juan J. Zacarés , Clicia Jatahy , Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis

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All fluff and no substance? The ‘problem’ of care in popular narratives, the cozy mystery and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club 只有绒毛，没有实质？流行叙事中的关怀“问题”、温馨的谜团和理查德·奥斯曼的《星期四谋杀俱乐部》

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101403

M. Isabel Santaulària Capdevila, Àngels Llurda-Marí

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Community-based support for older LGBTQIA+ adults: The case of Eternamente Sou in São Paulo, Brazil 基于社区对LGBTQIA+老年人的支持：巴西圣保罗Eternamente Sou的案例

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101406

Rita Carvalho , Sara Guerra , Liliana Sousa , João Tavares

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Care work and status subjugation: An exploration of the relationship between care work organisation and training, and the recruitment crisis in adult long-term care 护理工作与地位征服：成人长期护理中护理工作组织与培训的关系及招聘危机的探讨。

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101411

Carolyn Downs , Mike Ryder , T. Bartosz Kalinowski , Ilona Swiatek-Barylska

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‘The point isn't that we're old, but that we're the founders’: A generational perspective on older adults' protest participation “问题不在于我们老了，而在于我们是创始人”：从一代人的角度看老年人参与抗议活动

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101395

Gabriela Spector-Mersel , Ayelet Dassa

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Experiencing long-term care in later life: Urban indigenous elders' perspectives from Taiwan 在晚年经历长期照护：来自台湾都市原住民长者的视角

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101408

Hong Hong

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‘Aging without growing old’: Identity reconstruction and individualization among rural older adults in China “不变老的老龄化”：中国农村老年人的身份重构与个体化

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101401

Xin Liu , Paul Higgs , Chris Gilleard

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The etiquette of access: Cultural press, relational accessibility, and the embodied negotiation of belonging in later life 接触的礼仪：文化压力，关系的可及性，以及晚年生活中归属感的具体谈判

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101407

Yomna El-Ghazouly

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Autobiographical accounts of living with dementia: Life story narration as self-care 痴呆症患者的自传体叙述：作为自我照顾的生活故事叙述

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Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101375

Valerie Keller, Malte Völk

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