What might it take to legitimize elderhood as a stage of life?
Elderhood: A New Vision for Later Life
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At the Tipping Point: Liberating a New Age of Aging
Five course corrections to help leaders in the aging field advocate for new solutions that might tip us to that new age.
Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging
On learning to appreciate aging and find alternate ways of facing death.
The Optimist’s Call to Action
How can we take Connected Communities from a model to a movement?
Growing a Productive Longevity Economy
An opportunity to optimize intergenerational policy investments is at a critical juncture.
The Caregiving Divide
A faultline running through work, family, and policy.
Care for America: The Intertwined Futures of Care for American Families and Immigrants
Growing the immigrant care workforce will be a critical part of any solution to our nation’s care crisis, yet we’re currently doing the opposite.
Putting the Pieces Together
A transformative vision for the direct care workforce.
The Future of Work Is Older
Reforming our system so it benefits longer lives.
Where Aging Actually Happens
A thoughtful proposition on how, as much of elder care happens at home, its delivery might be substantially improved.
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Generations Journal, vol. 50, no. 1 (Spring 2026)
Elderhood: A New Vision for Later Life
Abstract The term elderhood establishes a much-needed pathway to acknowledge and embrace the distinctive opportunities, developmental transitions, and milestones of later life. The social construction of life stages progresses and transitions in response to changing...
At the Tipping Point: Liberating a New Age of Aging
Abstract: We’re at the tipping point of a transformative longevity revolution— with average life expectancy at age 78 and by 2034, the number of people older than age 65 will be larger than the number of people younger than age 18. We’re trying to meet the demands of...
Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging
The below is excerpted from Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging. Published by Sasquatch Books Nov. 4, 2025. I think a lot about aging and death. Perhaps it’s my Japanese-American upbringing; my Tokyo-born mother constantly talked about dying from the...
The Optimist’s Call to Action
Abstract As we approach a collective longevity milestone in the United States, we can take rapid action to plan for adapting our communities in ways that optimize the aging experience. Called Connected Communities, they are places where people of different ages and...
Growing a Productive Longevity Economy
Abstract: Aging populations are generally seen as an economic threat. We argue the opposite—a well-managed longevity economy, anchored by the ages-50-and-older cohort’s $45 trillion contribution to global GDP, represents one of the most significant growth...
The Caregiving Divide
Abstract The U.S. long-term care ecosystem remains critical to millions of older adults, people with disabilities, families, and direct care workers. Yet a long-standing, deeply entrenched “caregiving divide” prevents this ecosystem from genuinely delivering what...
Care for America: The Intertwined Futures of Care for American Families and Immigrants
Abstract American families were already facing immense, often unmet, care needs for older adults and people with disabilities before the Trump administration launched an aggressive and chaotic set of policies and actions targeting immigrants. This administration’s...
Putting the Pieces Together
Abstract The direct care workforce is the backbone of America’s long-term care system—yet the infrastructure supporting these workers remains fragmented and inadequate. Training varies widely, credentials rarely transfer, career advancement is scarce, and wages hover...
The Future of Work Is Older
Abstract This article explores Colorado’s effort to redesign its postsecondary education and workforce system in response to Executive Order 2025–006, envisioning reforms centering demographic data, longer working lives, and nonlinear careers. Traditional three-stage...
Where Aging Actually Happens
A Home Visit I can smell the coffee being made as I walk up the front pathway—an offering always extended to me upon entry. I am greeted by a gray cat who weaves around my legs as I remove my shoes and set them near the door. I have my camping stool over my shoulder,...
A Bold Vision for Aging Black Lesbians
I write this not as theory, but as lived experience. I am a Black lesbian cisgender woman, a service-connected disabled Veteran, and I am aging in a world that often feels built against my survival. For me, permacrisis is not a news headline or an abstract political...
A Bold Vision for a Society Connected, Rather Than Divided, by Aging
Abstract This article explores age equity as a fundamental pillar of collective liberation. Drawing upon 15 years of experience in intersectional movement work—spanning racial justice, environmental equity, and immigrant rights—the author argues that a society...
Portraits of a Bold Vision of Our Aging Selves
Nevada Senior Services’ art program was developed by our Program Director Dee Dee Woodberry for our Adult Day ReCreation program. Our art program encourages participants to view themselves in a new light, less like service recipients and more like autonomous, creative...
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About Generations Journal
Generations Journal is the quarterly journal of the American Society on Aging. Each issue is devoted to bringing together the most useful and current knowledge about a specific topic in the field of aging, with emphasis on practice, research, and policy.