Journal•ISSN: 0890-4065
Journal of Aging Studies
Elsevier BV
About: Journal of Aging Studies is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Narrative. It has an ISSN identifier of 0890-4065. Over the lifetime, 1305 publications have been published receiving 42729 citations. The journal is also known as: Aging studies.
Topics: Medicine, Narrative, Life course approach, Dementia, Population
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TL;DR: The authors examines the theoretical and practical aspects of activity in the gerontological field, and considers how activity has also become a keyword in radical and popular vocabularies for narratives of the self.
639 citations
TL;DR: The article highlights the key issue of many older adults' ambivalence toward ICT in light of the limited relevance of new technologies to their day-to-day lives and considers what steps can be taken to facilitate wider use of ICT by older adults.
472 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the ways in which body, gender, and age intersect, arguing for the importance of recognizing the centrality of the body in aging, but the need to recognize that this body is socially and culturally constituted.
417 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the convergence of consumer society and professional expertise in reinventing notions of maturity, aging, lifecourse, and senior citizenry is explored through an analysis of health, sexological, and marketing materials directed at both men and women.
352 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative interview with 50 Swedish men and women, aged 52-97, to examine developmental changes in worldview and self-attitudes was conducted, reflecting an awareness of a more cosmic dimension of reality, and attitudes reflecting a less narcissistic view of the self.
323 citations