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Aging enacted in practice: How unloved objects thrive in the shadows of care 实践中的老龄化：无人关爱的物品如何在护理的阴影下茁壮成长

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101266

Björn Fischer , Britt Östlund , Alexander Peine

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The life course effects of socioeconomic status on later life loneliness: The role of gender and ethnicity 社会经济地位对晚年孤独感的生命历程影响：性别和种族的作用

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101263

Ágnes Szabó , Christine Stephens , Mary Breheny

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To begin the world anew: Epistolary lessons on aging into old age by 4th earl of Chesterfield 重新开始世界切斯特菲尔德四世伯爵关于老年生活的书信教诲

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101253

Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon

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The crone and the hydra: Figuring temporal relations to aging code 老妪与九头蛇：老化代码的时间关系图解

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101254

Marisa Leavitt Cohn

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Negotiating care and control: Pet euthanasia as phronetic action 协商照顾与控制：宠物安乐死作为语言行动

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101256

Nora Schuurman

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A qualitative exploration of the lives lived by Irish centenarians 对爱尔兰百岁老人生活的定性研究

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101252

Alison Fagan , Lorraine Gaffney , Patricia Heavey , Mary McDonnell Naughton

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On the limits of communication: The liminal positioning of older adults and processes of self-ageism and ageism. 沟通的极限：老年人的边缘定位以及自我年龄歧视和年龄歧视的过程。

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101255

B. Schuurman , W.P. Achterberg , T.A. Abma , J. Lindenberg

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Towards care-full co-design with older adults: A feminist posthuman praxis 与老年人共同设计，实现全面关爱：女性主义后人类实践

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101250

Helen Manchester , Alice Willatt

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Advice for dementia carers: A critique of the literature 为痴呆症照护者提供建议：文献评论

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101251

Emily K. Abel

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The eight-legged confidant: Narrativizing octopuses and non-human aging 八条腿的知己章鱼和非人类衰老的叙事化

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101249

Ruth Gehrmann

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