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“In the driver's seat”: Navigating vulnerability and autonomy in digital storytelling with older adults “坐在驾驶座上”：与老年人一起驾驭数字叙事中的脆弱性和自主性

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101346

Emily Graff , Audrey Tung , Sarah Wagner

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Tasteful old age: A qualitative study on nursing home marketing and class identity among middle-class older adults in urban China 有品位的晚年：中国城市中产阶级老年人敬老院营销与阶层认同的定性研究

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101348

Yeori Park

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Taking upon ourselves the entirety of our human state: young writers imagining what it is to be old 承担起我们整个人类的状态：年轻的作家想象着年老是什么样子

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101345

Susan Pickard

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‘I am a 46,XY person’: Aging out of binaries “我是一个46岁的XY岁的人”：年龄超出二元

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101333

Alejandro Juárez-Carrejo , Angel Collazo , Renée L. Beard

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Editorial for special issue Ethical concerns: Envisioning ethnographic fieldwork with cognitively impaired older adults 特刊社论伦理问题：设想与认知受损的老年人民族志田野调查

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101358

Barbara Pieta , Cristina Douglas , Matthew Lariviere , Maria D. Vesperi

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Small acts of resistance – community-dwelling oldest old reclaiming autonomy during a pandemic 微小的抵抗行为——在大流行期间，居住在社区的老年人重新获得自主权

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101361

Hanna Varjakoski , Elisa Tiilikainen , Inna Lisko , Jenni Kulmala , Alina Solomon

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Aging, place, and the life course of societies 老龄化、地域和社会的生命历程

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101373

Graham D. Rowles , Malcolm Cutchin

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Fear scarcity but also inequality: Imbalanced upstream support and older parents' self-reported health in China 担心稀缺，但也担心不平等：中国上游支持不平衡和老年父母自我报告的健康状况

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101380

Anning Hu , Ye Yuan

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Garage sales as more-than-human affinity spaces: Reimagining social participation in later life 车库销售是超越人类的亲和空间：重新想象晚年的社会参与

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101379

Minghui Sun

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Tinkering with good care: Professional judgment and innovations in Danish nursing homes 修补良好护理：丹麦养老院的专业判断和创新

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101362

Hanne Marlene Dahl , Morten Balle Hansen , Andrej Christian Lindholst

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